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August 28, 2022 - Forty-two large fires and complexes have burned 296,884 acres in 9 states. One new large fire was reported in Washington. One national incident management organization team, three Type 1 
incident management teams (IMTs) and 10 Type 2 IMTs are assigned to incidents.
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The significant wildland fire potential forecasts represent the cumulative forecasts of the ten Geographic Area Predictive Services units and the National Predictive Services unit. The National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook is updated monthly and posted on the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) predictive services page.
A cold front will stall over the northern Great Basin while pushing south and east through the northern Plains and Wyoming. Dry and windy conditions are likely across southern Wyoming into far northern Colorado and northwest Nebraska, with lingering dry and breezy conditions across portions of southeast Idaho. Cooler temperatures and relative humidity generally below 20% will develop across portions of the Inland Northwest, northeast California, and the western and northern Great Basin into the northern Rockies. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will likely continue across portions of the Southwest into Colorado and the southern High Plains. Strong to severe thunderstorms are forecast from the western Great Lakes through Minnesota into Iowa and eastern Nebraska, and scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely in much of the Great Lakes and Midwest into the Mississippi Valley. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are likely along the Gulf Coast into portions of the Southeast as well.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
1 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
42 | |
| Acres from active fires | 296,884 | |
| Fires contained | 1 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-8/28/22) | Fires: 47,637 | Acres: 6,124,779 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-8/28/21) | Fires: 42,301 | Acres: 4,886,419 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-8/28/20) | Fires: 39,455 | Acres: 3,939,281 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-8/28/19) | Fires: 32,887 | Acres: 3,997,591 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-8/28/18) | Fires: 43,264 | Acres: 6,508,602 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-8/28/17) | Fires: 45,828 | Acres: 6,805,947 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-8/28/16) | Fires: 39,734 | Acres: 4,465,987 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-8/28/15) | Fires: 43,396 | Acres: 7,825,559 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-8/28/14) | Fires: 38,236 | Acres: 2,709,690 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-8/28/13) | Fires: 33,945 | Acres: 3,686,318 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-8/28/12) | Fires: 43,932 | Acres: 7,277,836 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 40,127 | Acres: 5,178,174 |
Source: NIFC
