as of October 28 at 7:00 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)
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December 7, 2022
Six new large fires were reported last week in the Southern and Eastern areas. Current six uncontained large fires have burned 906 acres in Indiana and North Carolina.
To date, 64,127 wildfires have burned 7,343,939 acres. This is the most wildfires reported to-date in the past 10 years. The number of acres burned this year is above the 10-year average of 7,055,603 acres.
The national wildland significant fire potential outlook is available for November through February 2023. Visit the Predictive Services website for more information about current weather conditions and listen to the weekly fuels and fire danger podcast.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
6 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
2 | |
| Acres from active fires | 906 | |
| Fires contained | 7 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-12/07/22) | Fires: 64,127 | Acres: 7,343,939 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-12/07/21) | Fires: 54,976 | Acres: 6,814,073 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-12/07/20) | Fires: 55,719 | Acres: 9,569,762 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-12/07/19) | Fires: 47,978 | Acres: 4,687,913 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-12/07/18) | Fires: 52,757 | Acres: 8,507,405 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-12/07/17) | Fires: 58,109 | Acres: 9,284,895 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-12/07/16) | Fires: 60,691 | Acres: 5,304,587 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-12/07/15) | Fires: 56,257 | Acres: 9,799,595 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-12/07/14) | Fires: 51,806 | Acres: 3,486,180 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-12/07/13) | Fires: 45,205 | Acres: 4,185,186 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-12/07/12) | Fires: 56,088 | Acres: 9,176,530 |
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 53,183 | Acres: 7,055,603 |
