Click Here for California Fires
September 13, 2022 - More than 800,000 acres have burned in 93 large fires and complexes across the West. Most of these fires are in Idaho, Montana and the Northwest area. About 19,600 wildland 
firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents. Two new large fires were reported, one in Montana and one in Nevada. One national incident management organization team, 11 Type 1 incident management teams (IMTs) and 14 Type 2 IMTs are assisting with large fires and complexes.
Since January 1, 49,820 wildfires have burned 6,726,028 acres in the United States. People have caused 43,452 wildfires this year that burned 2.8 million acres. Lightning caused 6,341 wildfires and 3.9 million acres were burned. The states with the most human-caused wildfires are: Texas, California, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Wildland firefighters need you to do your part to prevent wildfires. Please recreate responsibly as you enjoy your public lands.
Isolated wet and dry thunderstorms are forecast for parts of California, Oregon and the northern Great Basin area. Strong winds are also possible across northeast California and south-central Oregon. Visit Predictive Services at the National Interagency Coordination Center for more information about current weather conditions and the weekly fuels and fire danger podcast.
An upper low will move into the Pacific Northwest, with enhanced westerly flow across the southern Cascades and northern Sierra. Elevated conditions are likely across northeast California into south-central Oregon due to westerly winds of 12-20 mph with gusts 20-30 mph amid relative humidity of 12-20%. Brisk east-southeasterly winds will develop across eastern Montana and North Dakota as well, but relative humidity will remain near or above 25%. Temperatures will cool closer to normal across the northern Intermountain West due to the incoming trough, but above normal temperatures are likely to continue across the Plains from South Dakota southward to Texas. Isolated to scattered mainly wet thunderstorms will develop over the Great Basin and southwest Montana into the Colorado Rockies and Southwest. Rain with the thunderstorms is likely to be heaviest across southeast Nevada into central Utah and west-central New Mexico with potential flooding. Scattered wet thunderstorms are also possible across northern Washington from the Cascade Crest eastward. Showers and embedded thunderstorms are likely in the Northeast, while scattered thunderstorms are forecast for the Florida Peninsula as well.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
2 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
93 | |
| Acres from active fires | 848,343 | |
| Fires contained | 2 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-9/13/22) | Fires: 49,820 | Acres: 6,726,028 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-9/13/21) | Fires: 44,461 | Acres: 5,567,600 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-9/13/20) | Fires: 42,109 | Acres: 6,068,370 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-9/13/19) | Fires: 36,589 | Acres: 4,278,567 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-9/13/18) | Fires: 47,668 | Acres: 7,210,876 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-9/13/17) | Fires: 48,607 | Acres: 8,343,467 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-9/13/16) | Fires: 42,791 | Acres: 4,778,869 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-9/13/15) | Fires: 45,491 | Acres: 8,754,359 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-9/13/14) | Fires: 39,323 | Acres: 2,824,933 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-9/13/13) | Fires: 37,546 | Acres: 4,025,034 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-9/13/12) | Fires: 46,285 | Acres: 8,341,257 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 43,027 | Acres: 5,979,262 |
Source: NIFC
