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October 14, 2022 - Currently, 66 large fires or complexes have burned 767,013 acres in six states. About 4,100 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents. One Type 1 
incident management team (IMT) is supporting Hurricane Ian recovery efforts in Florida and two Type 2 IMTs are assigned to large fires in the Northwest area.
Each year, our public lands during hunting season. Target practice is fun but has the potential to cause a devastating wildfire. If you are planning to shoot on public lands, please take these precautions: check weather conditions before you go, don’t shoot into rocks or metal objects and place targets in areas that are free of vegetation, don’t use tracer rounds, exploding targets or ammo that is steel-jacketed or contains steel-core components, always bring water, a fire extinguisher, and a shovel. These fires affect everyone and can take a generation or longer for the rangelands to recover. Please recreate responsibly and do your part to prevent wildfires.
Visit the Predictive Services website for more information about current weather conditions and listen to the weekly fuels and fire danger podcast.
Elevated to critical fire weather conditions are expected from central Wyoming and southwest South Dakota extending southeast through western Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and into the Ozarks as west-northwest sustained winds of 12-25 mph gusting 30-50 mph amid minimum relative humidity of 10-30% develop. Elevated to critical conditions and high-risk significant fire potential are likely in the Ohio, Lower Missouri, and Mid-Mississippi Valleys into the northern Lower Mississippi and western Tennessee Valleys as west-southwest sustained winds of 12-20 mph gusting 20-40 mph amid minimum relative humidity of 15-30% develop, but recent rainfall will help mitigate fire environment concerns in some of these areas. Lingering isolated showers and thunderstorms are likely over portions of coastal southern California, the Great Lakes, south Texas, and south Florida, with heavier precipitation expected over Maine. Above normal temperatures and minimum relative humidity of 8-25% will continue over much of the West. Light, overnight offshore flow is likely on portions of the central and northern California coast extending northward into western Washington, with poor to moderate relative humidity recovery possible in some locations.
| 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. |
66 | |
| Acres from active fires | 767,013 | |
| Fires contained | 4 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-10/14/22) | Fires: 56,285 | Acres: 6,937,344 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-10/14/21) | Fires: 47,486 | Acres: 6,498,522 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-10/14/20) | Fires: 45,886 | Acres: 8,315,377 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-10/14/19) | Fires: 43,172 | Acres: 4,451,506 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-10/14/18) | Fires: 49,768 | Acres: 8,146,119 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-10/14/17) | Fires: 51,221 | Acres: 8,759,527 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-10/14/16) | Fires: 48,942 | Acres: 4,909,362 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-10/14/15) | Fires: 52,108 | Acres: 9,314,122 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-10/14/14) | Fires: 41,979 | Acres: 3,074,606 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-10/14/13) | Fires: 39,891 | Acres: 4,150,257 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-10/14/12) | Fires: 50,126 | Acres: 8,893,637 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 46,961 | Acres: 6,641,498 |
Source: NIFC
