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National Preparedness Level: 5
Northern California PL: 4
Southern California PL: 4
Current National Situation:
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Initial attack was light with 102 new fires reported yesterday. 4 new large fires reported and 9 large fires contained.
Yesterday
Fires: 102
Acres: 34,045
Year to date
Fires: 40,384
Acres: 5,778,148
10-yr average
Fires: 43,756
Acres: 4,614,945
(2008 – 2017 as of today)
Regional Fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak, Alta Sierra | CA | CAL FIRE NEU | 16 | 100% | August 13, 2018 | 150+ | 1 |
California Fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hat, Shasta County | CA | CAL FIRE SHU | 1,900 | 85% | August 18, 2018 | 256 | 0 |
| Holy, Orange County | CA | CNF | 22,986 | 64% | August 21, 2018 | 1,340 | 18 |
| Donnell, west of Dardanelle | CA | STF | 29,715 | 27% | September 1, 2018 | 934 | 136 |
| Mendocino Complex | CA | MEU | 354,910 | 64% | September 1, 2018 | 3,176 | 258 |
| Carr, French Gulch | CA | CAL FIRE SHU | 211,019 | 65% | August 17, 2018 | 4,101 | 1,599 |
| Ferguson, near El Portal | CA | SNF | 95,946 | 83% | August 15, 2018 | 1,142 | 10 |
| Valley, San Bernardino | CA | BNF | 1,348 | 29% | November 1, 2018 | 52 | 0 |
Out of State Fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry, Pyramid Lake | NV | BLM | 51,400 | 79% | August 6, 2018 | 365 | 18 |
| Natchez | OR/CA | RSF | 5,360 | 10% | August 31, 2018 | 613 | 0 |
Large Incident: A wildfire of 100 acres or more occurring in timber, or a wildfire of 300 acres or more occurring in grass/sage.
Wildland Fire: Any nonstructure fire, other than prescribed fire, that occurs in the wildland.
Wildland Fire – IMT1: Wildland fire; Type 1 Incident Management Team Assigned.
Wildland Fire – IMT2: Wildland fire; Type 2 Incident Management Team Assigned.
Wildland Fire – Other: Wildland fire; Other Incident Management Team Assigned besides a Type 1 or Type 2 team (e.g. Type 3).
Wildland Fire Use (WFU) Fire – A naturally ignited wildland fire that is managed to accomplish specific prestated resource management objectives in predefined geographic areas outlined in Fire Management Plans.
Map information provided courtesy of the UDSA Remote Sensing Application Center using data provided by the National Interagency Fire Center. The data is subject to change.
Weather Outlook
A strong monsoonal surge of moisture into the northern portion of the Four Corners and Great Basin will provide some relief to Utah, eastern Nevada, and Colorado in the form of higher humidity and scattered wet storms.
Given the strength of the surge, convection should reach as far north as North Dakota, southern Montana, Idaho, and possibly southeastern Oregon.
The Sierra could also see isolated storms. There is a concern that some of the storms on the northwestern fringes could be relatively dry.
Previous days’ winds should diminish across the northern tier but remain breezy across the Dakotas as a weak disturbance moves east across Manitoba.
Texas will return to hot and dry conditions as the low pressure area previously over the northern portion of the state moves northeast toward the middle Mississippi River Valley, bringing storms to the upper Midwest.
Scattered showers and storms are also expected across the Mid-Atlantic region, as a low pressure area remains stalled over the area.