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September 14, 2022 - Currently, 91 large fires and complexes have burned 854,587 acres in western states. More than 20,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents. One 
national incident management organization team, 12 Type 1 incident management teams and 13 Type 2 incident management teams are assisting with large fires across the West.
So far in 2022, 50,691 wildfires have burned 6,717,555 acres in the United States. This is the most wildfires-to-date in the past 10 years. More than 87% of these wildfires were caused by people. Everyone can do their part to prevent wildfires. Understand how to safely use outdoor equipment and vehicles. Be sure to check for any fire restrictions in place that may affect activities like campfires and barbecues. Please recreate responsibly as you enjoy your public lands.
The eastern Sierras and southern Cascades will see elevated fire weather conditions today. Air quality advisories are in effect for smoke from wildfires over most of the northwestern United States. Visit Predictive Services at the National Interagency Coordination Center for more information about current weather conditions and the weekly fuels and fire danger podcast.
Upper troughing is likely along the West Coast while upper ridging and above normal temperatures continue across the Plains. Elevated conditions are likely across much of the Plains from Oklahoma to South Dakota due to south winds 15-25 mph with gusts 25-35 mph amid relative humidity of 12-25%. Oklahoma will be of greatest concern as little rainfall has fallen the past two weeks, but conditions across portions of the central Plains will be mitigated by rain last weekend. Locally elevated conditions are likely along the eastern slopes of the northern Sierra into the southern Cascades due to continued enhanced westerly flow as well. Scattered wet thunderstorms will continue across the central and eastern Great Basin into the Rockies, with the heaviest rain and potential flash flooding from eastern Nevada through Utah to the West Slope. A few wet thunderstorms are possible from northeast Washington across the Idaho Panhandle and into northwest Montana as well. Showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop across northern Plains into Minnesota along and ahead of a cold front while scattered wet thunderstorms continue across the Florida Peninsula.
| 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. |
91 | |
| Acres from active fires | 854,587 | |
| Fires contained | 3 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-9/14/22) | Fires: 50,691 | Acres: 6,717,555 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-9/14/21) | Fires: 44,647 | Acres: 5,604,289 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-9/14/20) | Fires: 42,270 | Acres: 6,712,663 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-9/14/19) | Fires: 36,745 | Acres: 4,280,134 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-9/14/18) | Fires: 47,734 | Acres: 7,222,065 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-9/14/17) | Fires: 49,399 | Acres: 8,378,990 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-9/14/16) | Fires: 42,972 | Acres: 4,774,682 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-9/14/15) | Fires: 46,005 | Acres: 8,807,487 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-9/14/14) | Fires: 39,566 | Acres: 2,926,262 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-9/14/13) | Fires: 37,688 | Acres: 4,025,464 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-9/14/12) | Fires: 46,427 | Acres: 8,392,209 |
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 43,087 | Acres: 6,019,333 |
Source: NIFC
