as of October 21, 2021 at 5 p.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)
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March 18, 2022
Thirty-seven new large fires were reported last week, most of them in Texas and Oklahoma. The Southern Area is now at Preparedness Level 3 and states with large fire activity include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Texas. Both the Southwest and Southern California are at Preparedness Level 2.
To date, 12,514 wildfires have burned 320,144 acres in the United States. The number of wildfires is nearly double the 10-year average of 6,862. The number of acres burned is slightly below the 10-year average of 336,218.
The National Interagency Coordination Center has posted statistics for the 2021 Fire Year. 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.
Dry and breezy post-frontal conditions are expected today across portions of Texas and possibly tomorrow as well. Ahead of the cold front, thunderstorms, including severe, are likely from the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys south to the central Gulf Coast today and possibly across the Coastal Plain in the southeast Atlantic states tomorrow. Widespread showers are likely in the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast today through tomorrow. An upper-level trough will likely bring precipitation to much of the West Coast, Great Basin, and Rockies tomorrow into Monday. Dry and windy conditions will precede the trough in the Southwest and onto portions of the southern and central Plains this weekend, with dry and windy conditions possibly continuing in portions of southwest Texas and south Texas early next week. Dry and windy post-frontal conditions are expected across portions of California, the southern Great Basin, and in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts Sunday through Monday, with gusty offshore winds in southern California Sunday into Tuesday. Occasional dry and breezy conditions are forecast on Florida Peninsula into next week. Widespread precipitation is forecast along and east of the Divide in Colorado and New Mexico and across much of the southern and central Plains Sunday – Tuesday, with snow likely in the Colorado and southern Rockies onto the central High Plains and possibly portions of the southern High Plains. Showers and thunderstorms, including severe thunderstorms, are likely farther east on the southern and central Plains before spreading across much of the eastern US on Tuesday – Wednesday.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
37 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
21Wil | |
| Acres from active fires | 129,168 | |
| Fires contained | 26 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-3/18/22) | Fires: 12,514 | Acres: 320,144 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-3/18/20) | Fires: 5,136 | Acres: 106,049 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-3/18/19) | Fires: 3,113 | Acres: 59,881 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-3/18/18) | Fires: 8,990 | Acres: 298,181 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-3/18/17) | Fires: 11,007 | Acres: 2,066,136 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-3/18/16) | Fires: 6,840 | Acres: 301,184 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-3/18/15) | Fires: 7,179 | Acres: 115,520 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-3/18/14) | Fires: 8,947 | Acres: 124,146 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-3/18/13) | Fires: 5,206 | Acres: 51,473 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-3/18/12) | Fires: 7,831 | Acres: 147,770 |
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 6,862 | Acres: 336,218 |
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipola Complex Edit |
Florida Forest Service Edit |
ST | 34,203 | 75 | Eighteen miles east of Panama City, FL | |
| Rock Road Edit |
Florida Forest Service Edit |
ST | 100 | 25 | ||
| * WF4 Edit |
Florida Forest Service Edit |
ST | 103 | 98 | Eight miles southeast of Punta Gorda, FL | |
| Davis Road Edit |
Florida Forest Service Edit |
ST | 922 | 100 | Five miles southwest of Fort Meade, FL |
Georgia
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * 62 Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 10,636 | 65 | Six miles southwest of Cooperton, OK | |
| * Coal Creek Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 315 | 75 | Eight miles north of McAlester, OK | |
| * Fisher Edit |
Okmulgee Field Office Edit |
BIA | 5,440 | 75 | Five miles northeast of Hanna, OK | |
| Otoe 7C Edit |
Pawnee Agency Edit |
BIA | 552 | 57 | Eight miles northeast of Red Rock, OK | |
| * Pin Strip Edit |
Osage Agency Edit |
BIA | 1,438 | 80 | Four miles southwest of Copan, OK | |
| * 1925 Road Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 115 | 100 | ||
| * 66 Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 667 | 100 | ||
| Bachelor Creek Edit |
Okmulgee Field Office Edit |
BIA | 704 | 100 | Nine miles south of Bristow, OK | |
| * Bear Edit |
Okmulgee Field Office Edit |
BIA | 206 | 100 | ||
| * Cimarron Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 2,103 | 100 | ||
| Finn Edit |
Osage Agency Edit |
BIA | 2,500 | 100 | Four miles southeast of Barnsdall, OK | |
| * McCombs Edit |
Okmulgee Field Office Edit |
BIA | 516 | 100 | ||
| Middle Creek Edit |
Okmulgee Field Office Edit |
BIA | 1,200 | 100 | One mile north of Lamar, OK | |
| Swinging Rock Edit |
Osage Agency Edit |
BIA | 434 | 100 | Six miles northwest of Okesa, OK | |
| *Tower Edit |
Okmulgee Field Office Edit |
BIA | 265 | 100 | ||
| * Wagon Wheel Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 1,216 | 100 | ||
| West Conners Edit |
Osage Agency Edit |
BIA | 145 | 100 | Three miles north of Hominy, OK |
South Dakota
Texas
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * 3 Oaks Edit |
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit |
ST | 3,512 | 90 | 13 miles East South East of Goldthwaite, TX | 9792183030 |
| * Burr Edit |
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit |
ST | 3,500 | 90 | ||
| * Chico Lane Edit |
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit |
ST | 8,000 | 50 | Started on private land seven miles southeast of Big Lake, TX | 325-213-1643 |
| * Crews Gap Edit |
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit |
ST | 7,000 | 50 | Runnels, Coleman County line | 9362177013 |
| * Eastland Complex Edit |
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit |
ST | 39,883 | 0 | Eastland County in and around Carbon, Rising Star, Gorman, De Leon (Comache Co.) | 281-706-7105 |
| *Edmunson Edit |
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit |
ST | 3,878 | 50 | 325-213-1643 | |
| * La Grulla WMA Edit |
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge Edit |
FWS | 578 | 94 | Two miles southwest of La Grulla, TX | |
| * Buddy Edit |
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit |
ST | 1,469 | 100 | 8 miles WNW of Johnson City, TX | 346-345-9746 |
| * Calvin Edit |
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit |
ST | 566 | 100 | ||
| * Christine Edit |
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit |
ST | 2,900 | 100 | 7 miles South of Christine, TX | 9403289158 |
| * Hay Field Edit |
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit |
ST | 478 | 100 | ||
| * Love Edit |
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit |
ST | 385 | 100 |