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September 4, 2022 - Five new large fires were reported yesterday, two in Montana and one each in Florida, Idaho, and Texas. More than 12,400 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned 
to incidents across the country. One national incident management organization team, four Type 1 incident management teams (IMTs) and 13 Type 2 IMTs are assigned to incidents.
A fuels and fire behavior advisory has been issued for northern California due to dry fuels and the potential fore extreme fire behavior with the hot, dry and windy weather pattern. Active fuels and fire behavior advisories are posted on the Predictive Services fuels and fire danger webpage.
Elevated to critical fire weather conditions are likely from northeast California through southern Idaho into western and central Wyoming, central and eastern Montana, and the western Dakotas. Locally elevated conditions are also possible in portions of western Montana. Westerly sustained winds of 15-20 mph gusting 25-40 mph amid minimum relative humidity of 5-20% are expected across these areas. Hot, dry, and unstable conditions will continue across much of the West as well, with temperatures mostly in the 90s to low 100s and minimum relative humidity generally below 20%, including much of central and northern California and the Great Basin with single digit relative humidity. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are likely over northern and western Arizona into southern Nevada and southern California, including some storms capable of severe wind. Mostly scattered thunderstorms are likely across the Southeast into the Northeast and Texas.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
5 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
67 |
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| Acres from active fires | 396,153 | |
| Fires contained | 0 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-9/04/22) | Fires: 48,720 | Acres: 6,207,845 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-9/04/21) | Fires: 43,354 | Acres: 5,054,253 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-9/04/20) | Fires: 40,528 | Acres: 4,506,348 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-9/04/19) | Fires: 34,446 | Acres: 4,101,399 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-9/04/18) | Fires: 45,984 | Acres: 6,969,916 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-9/04/17) | Fires: 47,094 | Acres: 7,802,597 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-9/04/16) | Fires: 41,359 | Acres: 4,684,007 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-9/04/15) | Fires: 44,199 | Acres: 8,424,233 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-9/04/14) | Fires: 38,395 | Acres: 2,766,605 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-9/04/13) | Fires: 35,430 | Acres: 3,893,557 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-9/04/12) | Fires: 44,874 | Acres: 7,899,246 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 41,474 | Acres: 5,621,362 |
Source: NIFC
