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as of October 21, 2021 at 5 p.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)

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January 3, 2022

Two uncontained large fires are burning, one in North Carolina and one in Colorado. A Type 1 Incident Management Team is assigned to the Marshall Fire near Broomfield, Colorado. It is more than 6,200 acres and 74% contained. 

Wildland firefighters are making progress on the Lost Cove Fire and it is 1,000 acres at 80% contained.

The Predictive Services staff at the National Interagency Fire Center released the National Wildland Significant Fire Potential Outlook for January through April. This outlook highlights areas of the country with the potential for an above normal number of wildfires.

 

Weather

For outlooks and weather updates, visit the National Interagency Fire Center Predictive Services website.

Daily statistics
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.
2
Acres from active fires 7,219
Fires contained 1
Year-to-date statistics
2022 (1/1/22-1/03/22) Fires: 23 Acres: 285
2020 (1/1/20-1/03/20) Fires: 70 Acres: 1,538
2019 (1/1/19-1/03/19) Fires: 34 Acres: 50
2018 (1/1/18-1/03/18) Fires: 137 Acres: 924
2017 (1/1/17-1/03/17) Fires: 53 Acres: 290
2016 (1/1/16-1/03/16) Fires: 3 Acres: 2
2015 (1/1/15-1/03/15) Fires: 3 Acres: 2
2014 (1/1/14-1/03/14) Fires: 27 Acres: 160
2013 (1/1/13-1/03/13) Fires: 6 Acres: 5
2012 (1/1/12-1/03/12) Fires: 14 Acres: 20
10-year average Year-to-Date
2012-2021 Fires: 26 Acres: 211
Current Wildfires
Fires: 1
Acres: 6,219
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Marshall

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Boulder County Office

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CNTY 6,219 74 One mile northwest of Broomfield, CO
Fires: 1
Acres: 1,000
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Lost Cove

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National Forests in North Carolina

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USFS 1,000 80 One mile southwest from Roseboro, NC
Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 0
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Star Camp

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Oklahoma Division of Forestry

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ST 1,600 100