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August 30, 2022 - One new large fire was reported in Oregon, bringing the national total to 42 large fires and complexes that have burned 281,819 acres. More than 9.800 wildland firefighters and 
support personnel are assigned to incidents across the country.
Since January 1, 48,057 wildfires have burned 7,330,874 acres. This continues to be well above the 10-year average of 40,463 wildfires that burned 5,252,829 acres. More than 90% of the total acres burned were in the Alaska, Southwest and Southern areas.
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.
Isolated high-based showers accompanied by sporadic lightning are possible in south-central to southeast Oregon early in the morning, with some cloud cover during the day likely from Idaho into Oregon and Washington associated with a weak upper low moving northward from northern California into Washington. Temperatures will still climb to above normal across the West, with most areas in the 90s to low 100s and minimum relative humidity mostly below 20%, including possible single digits in portions of the Inland Northwest, Great Basin, far northern California, and western Montana. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are likely in far southeast Arizona, much of New Mexico, and along the Divide in Colorado, with widespread to numerous thunderstorms from southwest Texas into east Texas. Scattered to widespread thunderstorms are expected along and ahead of a cold front stretching from the eastern Great Lakes and Northeast to the Gulf Coast.
| 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. |
40 | |
| Acres from active fires | 281,819 | |
| Fires contained | 3 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-8/30/22) | Fires: 48,057 | Acres: 7,330,874 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-8/30/21) | Fires: 42,647 | Acres: 4,879,574 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-8/30/20) | Fires: 39,829 | Acres: 3,980,809 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-8/30/19) | Fires: 33,400 | Acres: 4,054,825 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-8/30/18) | Fires: 43,556 | Acres: 6,536,006 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-8/30/17) | Fires: 46,267 | Acres: 6,974,447 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-8/30/16) | Fires: 40,128 | Acres: 4,556,527 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-8/30/15) | Fires: 43,606 | Acres: 8,122,876 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-8/30/14) | Fires: 38,454 | Acres: 2,731,359 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-8/30/13) | Fires: 34,256 | Acres: 3,784,499 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-8/30/12) | Fires: 44,123 | Acres: 7,231,236 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 40,463 | Acres: 5,252,829 |
Source: NIFC
