National Preparedness Level: 2 (On a scale from 1 to 5)
Northern California PL: 1
Southern California PL: 3
Smaller, local incidents are listed in the Happening Now section.
Current National Situation:
May 22, 2026 – Initial attack was moderate with 229 fires reported. 2 new large fires reported and 1 large fires contained.
This report will be posted every Friday unless significant activity occurs.
| Nationwide last week | Year to date | 10-yr average |
| Fires: 229 Acres: 1,394 | Fires: 29,023 Acres: 2,349,604 | Fires: 20,055 Acres: 1,172,748 (2016 – 2025 as of today) |
| California | Year to date | 5-yr average |
| Fires: 1,552 Acres: 50,041 | Fires: 2,199 Acres: 26,911 |
Regional fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
| Oregon | CA | TNF | 6 | 100% | September 27, 2025 | 40 | 1 |
California fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
| Blue and Log Fires | CA | KNF | 3,713 | 90% | unknown | 88 | 0 |
Out of state fires
Map information using data provided by the National Interagency Fire Center. The data is subject to change.
Weather Outlook
Low pressure will move across the Northern Plains bringing wetting rainfall of a quarter of an inch to as much as 2 inches. A low pressure wave and associated stalled frontal boundary to the south & east will also bring showers and thunderstorms across the Southern Plains, much of the South, across the Southeast, across the Tennessee & Ohio valleys, and northward into the Mid-Atlantic states with quarter inch amounts up to as much as 2 inches in some areas. Lightning potential and coverage will be highest across Texas, Oklahoma, and extending eastward along the Gulf Coast into Georgia with some severe thunderstorms possible. Meanwhile, mostly dry conditions are expected for most of the Great Lakes and Northeast. Some relative humidities in the Northeast will be as low as 25% along with locally breezy NW winds across Vermont to Maine.
Meanwhile, while most of the Western U.S. will be dry, some isolated mixed wet/dry thunderstorms are possible across portions of California, the Northern Rockies, & portions of Utah & Colorado. The driest conditions will be across the Southwest U.S., Great Basin, and east of the Cascades where minimum relative humidities will range from the single digits to 30%, lowest across the Desert Southwest. Some localized breeziness is also likely in the afternoon to evening hours in these areas.