National Preparedness Level: 3 (On a scale from 1 to 5)
Northern California PL: 3
Southern California PL: 2
Smaller, local incidents are listed in the Happening Now section.
Current National Situation:
August 16, 2022 – Initial attack was light with 129 new fires reported. 9 new large fires reported and 5 large fires contained.
| Yesterday | Year to date | 10-yr average |
| Fires: 129 Acres: 31,827 | Fires: 42,349 Acres: 5,917,086 | Fires: 37,938 Acres: 4,493,445 (2012 – 2021 as of today) |
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Regional fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
| Oak, Yankee Jims area | CA | NEU | 22 | 70% | August 17, 2022 | 60 | 0 |
| Plum | CA | TNF | 12 | 100% | August 13, 2022 | 50 | 0 |
California fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
| Six Rivers Lightning Complex | CA | SRF | 21,609 | 19% | August 27, 2022 | 2,040 | 2 |
| Yeti and Alex, Happy Camp | CA | KNF | 7,886 | 90% | August 20, 2022 | 200 | 0 |
| McKinney, Klamath NF | CA | KNF | 60,392 | 95% | August 30, 2022 | 1,199 | 185 |
| Oak, Mariposa | CA | MMU | 19,244 | 98% | November 1, 2022 | 65 | 127 |
Out of state fires
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
Hot, dry, and locally breezy conditions are likely across much of central and northern California, the Inland Northwest, northern Great Basin, and Northern Rockies, with an increase of fire activity expected. Isolated mixed wet and dry thunderstorms are likely in the central and northern Sierra into northeast California and possibly south-central Oregon, with drier storms more likely farther north. Storms are expected mostly along and east of the Sierra and Cascade Crests, but there is potential for some of them to drift west of the crests, with a few storms continuing overnight. Isolated to scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms are likely across the southern Sierra and southern into central and western Nevada, with wetter thunderstorms in southeast California, including eastern slopes of the Peninsular Ranges. Widespread monsoon thunderstorms are expected across Arizona into New Mexico, southern Utah, and southern Colorado. Thunderstorms and showers remain likely across far southwest Texas and south Texas and along much of the Gulf and southeast Atlantic coasts. Scattered thunderstorms are also likely across much of Kansas and Oklahoma into the Lower Mississippi Valley.