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Siskiyou County McKinney Fire Updates for Thursday, August 4, 2022
August 4, 2022 - Seven new large fires were reported yesterday, four in Texas, two in Oregon and one in Montana. Sixty-two large fires and complexes have burned 1,640,278 acres in 14 states. More 
than 11,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across the United States. Three Type 1 incident management teams (IMTs), eight Type 2 IMTs and two complex IMTs are assigned to incidents in the Great Basin, Northern Rockies, California, Rocky Mountain, Northwest and Southern areas.
To date, 39,910 wildfires have burned 5,802,433 acres across the country. This is well above the 10-year average of 34,846 wildfires and 3,752,006 acres burned. Each year, thousands of fires in the United States are caused by people. The major causes of these fires are from loss of control of debris burning; unattended and improperly extinguished or not extinguished campfires; and sparks or heat transfer from the use of vehicles and equipment like chain saws or recreational vehicles including trailers. Become a part of the solution. Learn more on how you can safely play and work around our natural resources on our public lands. Prepare for wildfire - Ready, Set, Go!
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.
Elevated to critical conditions will spread across much of central and eastern Montana into portions of western Montana as westerly sustained winds of 15-25 mph gusting to 25-45 mph amid minimum relative humidity 10-25% develop. Locally elevated conditions are likely in portions of central and eastern Washington and central and eastern Oregon as west-northwest winds strengthen, but minimum relative humidity should remain mostly above 20-25% in Washington and northern Oregon, while dropping to 10-20% in central and eastern Oregon. Isolated to scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms are expected across southern and eastern Idaho into southern and central Montana and possibly northeast California and northwest Nevada. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from east-central Idaho into central Montana as well. Monsoon thunderstorms, with scattered to widespread coverage, will continue south of these areas across the Great Basin, eastern California, Southwest, and Colorado. Hot, dry, unstable, and breezy conditions will develop on much of the central and southern Plains, and thunderstorms are possible from Texas Panhandle through Oklahoma, which may ignite and spread new fires. Scattered to widespread thunderstorms are expected across much of the eastern US, and warm and dry conditions are expected across much of the Interior into south-central and southeast Alaska.
| 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. |
63 | |
| Acres from active fires | 1,640,278 | |
| Fires contained | 6 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-8/04/22) | Fires: 39,910 | Acres: 5,802,433 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-8/04/21) | Fires: 38,447 | Acres: 3,279,393 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-8/04/20) | Fires: 32,808 | Acres: 2,249,108 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-8/04/19) | Fires: 27,191 | Acres: 3,235,456 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-8/04/18) | Fires: 38,692 | Acres: 5,078,427 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-8/04/17) | Fires: 39,741 | Acres: 5,771,813 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-8/04/16) | Fires: 35,061 | Acres: 3,532,725 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-8/04/15) | Fires: 36,959 | Acres: 5,991,186 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-8/04/14) | Fires: 34,367 | Acres: 1,713,323 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-8/04/13) | Fires: 30,500 | Acres: 2,414,863 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-8/04/12) | Fires: 38,436 | Acres: 4,368,332 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 34,846 | Acres: 3,752,006 |
Source: NIFC
