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.
For outlooks and weather updates, visit the National Interagency Fire Center Predictive Services website.
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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. |
2 | |
| Acres from active fires | 7,219 | |
| Fires contained | 1 |
| 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 |
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 26 | Acres: 211 |
