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August 2, 2022 - Seven new large fires were reported yesterday, two in California, two in Wyoming, and one in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Sixty large fires and complexes have burned 1,609,797 acres 
across the country. More than 9,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across the country.
Since January 1, 39,337 wildfires have burned 5,713,135 acres. Lightning ignited 3,540 that burned 3,281,839 acres. People have caused 35,797 wildfires that consumed 2,431,295 acres. The states with the most human-caused wildfires include: Texas, California, North Caroline, Georgia, and Florida. As weather conditions reach critical levels in many states, it's imperative that we all do our part to prevent wildfires. In a year like this, every preventative measure we take could be the difference between disaster and a safe and enjoyable summer for ourselves and our communities.
The Predictive Services staff at the National Interagency Coordination Center released the significant wildland fire potential outlook for August, September, October and November. For additional information, visit the Predictive Services fuels and fire danger summary, fire weather and potential briefing, and the seven-day significant fire potential outlook.
Isolated to scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms are expected across far northern California, much of Oregon, southern and central Idaho, and southwest Montana into Wyoming. Some thunderstorms and showers are likely to be ongoing early in the morning across these areas and may limit some afternoon thunderstorm development. Relative humidity recovery will be moderate to good as well. Isolated to scattered wetter thunderstorms will develop in the eastern Sierra and across portions of the central Great Basin and greater Four Corners region, but coverage and rainfall are likely to be less than in recent days. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions are expected this afternoon as gusty westerly sustained winds of 15- 25 mph amid minimum relative humidity of 10-25% develop in portions of central and eastern Washington into north-central Oregon and across central and eastern Montana. Winds will likely turn more to the northwest in northern Montana, and dry and breezy conditions may extend into the western Dakotas and northeast Wyoming. Hot, dry, unstable, and potentially breezy conditions are expected on the Plains and in Texas, with widespread temperatures exceeding 100°F.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
7 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
60 | |
| Acres from active fires | 1,609,797 | |
| Fires contained | 1 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-8/02/22) | Fires: 39,435 | Acres: 5,757,504 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-8/02/21) | Fires: 38,014 | Acres: 3,079,748 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-8/02/20) | Fires: 32,231 | Acres: 2,149,283 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-8/02/19) | Fires: 26,886 | Acres: 3,336,685 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-8/02/18) | Fires: 38,333 | Acres: 4,916,686 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-8/02/17) | Fires: 39,487 | Acres: 5,687,757 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-8/02/16) | Fires: 34,683 | Acres: 3,562,979 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-8/02/15) | Fires: 36,444 | Acres: 5,767,803 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-8/02/14) | Fires: 33,923 | Acres: 1,671,440 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-8/02/13) | Fires: 28,199 | Acres: 2,367,271 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-8/02/12) | Fires: 37,930 | Acres: 4,115,843 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 34,337 | Acres: 3,621,137 |
Source: NIFC
