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October 6, 2022 - Three new large fires were reported, two in Oklahoma and one in Florida. Wildland firefighters and support personnel continue to work on 76 large fires and complexes that have 
burned 787,405 acres.
About 4,200 wildland fire personnel are assigned to incidents across the country. Two Type 1 incident management teams (IMTs) are in Florida to support response and search and rescue efforts after Hurricane Ian. Five Type 2 IMTs and one complex IMTS are supporting wildland fire suppression efforts in the Northern California, Northwest, Rocky Mountain and Great Basin areas.
Warm and dry conditions will continue in California, and parts of the Great Basin and Northwest areas. Visit the Predictive Services website for more information about current weather conditions and listen to the weekly fuels and fire danger podcast.
A cold front will push south across the central and southern Plains and from the southern Great Lakes into the Ohio Valley. Low relative humidity of 15-30% will continue from eastern Kansas into east Texas and from the Ohio Valley to the Gulf Coast. Northwest winds of 10-15 mph will also develop across the Mid to Lower Mississippi Valley, with locally elevated conditions. Warm and dry conditions with light winds will continue in California, the western and northern Great Basin, and Inland Northwest. Thunderstorms will continue over eastern Arizona and New Mexico, spreading into portions of the Texas panhandle as well. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms are likely across the Great Lakes with an upper low. Light rain, possibly mixed with snow, is forecast to develop overnight across portions of the northern High Plains.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
3 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
76 | |
| Acres from active fires | 787,405 | |
| Fires contained | 1 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-10/06/22) | Fires: 54,863 | Acres: 6,933,854 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-10/06/21) | Fires: 47,072 | Acres: 6,428,559 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-10/06/20) | Fires: 45,086 | Acres: 7,901,227 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-10/06/19) | Fires: 41,587 | Acres: 4,391,196 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-10/06/18) | Fires: 48,057 | Acres: 8,061,936 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-10/06/17) | Fires: 50,441 | Acres: 8,472,650 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-10/06/16) | Fires: 46,618 | Acres: 4,819,049 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-10/06/15) | Fires: 50,869 | Acres: 9,121,449 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-10/06/14) | Fires: 41,521 | Acres: 3,063,257 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-10/06/13) | Fires: 39,570 | Acres: 4,161,868 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-10/06/12) | Fires: 49,380 | Acres: 8,850,315 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 45,837 | Acres: 6,488,528 |
Source: NIFC
