as of March 28, 2022 at 5 p.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)
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May 16, 2022
One new large fire was reported in New Hampshire yesterday. Nationally, 11 uncontained large fires have burned 387,633 acres. More than 4,500 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across the country. Three Type 1 incident management teams (IMT) and three Type 2 IMTs are assigned in the Southwest area. One Complex IMT is assigned to the large fire in Teller County, Colorado.
Large fire activity continues in the Southwest area where they are at preparedness level (PL) 4. The Southern, Eastern and Northern California areas are all at PL 2.
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The Predictive Services staff released the significant wildland fire potential outlook for May, June, July and August. This outlook highlights areas of the country with the potential for an above normal number of wildfires. Listen to the Predictive Services monthly seasonal outlook podcast.
Upper ridging will move over the High Plains today with a weak upper trough along the West Coast and another trough moving from the Appalachians to the East Coast. Dry, breezy southwest winds will develop over the greater Four Corners area with elevated to locally critical conditions. Elevated conditions are expected across the Big Bend and southern Permian Basin from breezy south winds as well. Isolated mixed wet and dry thunderstorms will develop near and east of a dry line across eastern New Mexico into southeast Colorado. With very unstable conditions across eastern New Mexico, pyrocumulonimbus are possible from any active fires, including the Hermits Peak fire. Low afternoon relative humidity will occur over the central and southern Florida Peninsula, but winds will be light. Showers with severe thunderstorms are likely ahead of a cold front from the Northeast into the Mid-Atlantic with scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Southeast. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms will develop across the northern Intermountain West as well.
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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. |
11 | |
| Acres from active fires | 387,633 | |
| Fires contained | 1 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-5/16/22) | Fires: 24,762 | Acres: 1,298,508 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-5/16/21) | Fires: 21,523 | Acres: 552,711 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-5/16/20) | Fires: 15,642 | Acres: 337,642 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-5/16/19) | Fires: 12,567 | Acres: 226,078 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-5/16/18) | Fires: 21,810 | Acres: 1,593,269 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-5/16/17) | Fires: 22,401 | Acres: 1,804,327 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-5/16/16) | Fires: 17,853 | Acres: 1,537,843 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-5/16/15) | Fires: 19,705 | Acres: 374,778 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-5/16/14) | Fires: 22,306 | Acres: 444,428 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-5/16/13) | Fires: 15,613 | Acres: 210,239 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-5/16/12) | Fires: 20,027 | Acres: 457,239 |
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 18,781 | Acres: 767,353 |
Arizona
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Crooks Edit |
Prescott National Forest Edit |
USFS | 9,402 | 96 | 11 miles south of Prescott Arizona | 928-925-1111 |
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Tunnel Edit |
Coconino National Forest Edit |
USFS | 19,105 | 98 | Approximately 14 miles NE of Flagstaff | 928-224-8306 |
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San Rafael Edit |
Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District Edit |
ST | 11,620 | 100 | 22 miles SE Patagonia | 602-540-1036 |
Colorado
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Mexico
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bear Trap Edit |
Cibola National Forest Edit |
USFS | 11,150 | 30 | 22 miles Southwest of Magdalena, NM. | 928-362-2906 |
|
Black Edit |
Gila National Forest Edit |
USFS | 7,735 | 0 | 24 miles N of Mimbres | 662-318-3431 |
|
Cerro Pelado Edit |
Santa Fe National Forest Edit |
USFS | 45,602 | 40 | 7 miles east of Jemez Springs | 505-312-4593 |
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Hermits Peak Edit |
Santa Fe National Forest Edit |
USFS | 288,968 | 27 | 12 miles northwest of Las Vegas, NM | 505-356-2636 |
