(On a scale from 1 to 5)
National Preparedness Level: 5
Northern California PL: 5
Southern California PL: 5
Current National Situation:
September 30, 2020 – Initial attack was light with 64 new fires reported yesterday. 2 new large fires reported and 4 large fires contained.
| Yesterday | Year to date | 10-yr average |
| Fires: 64 Acres: 63,557 | Fires: 44,161 Acres: 7,524,840 | Fires: 47,710 Acres: 6,111,256 (2010 – 2019 as of today) |
Regional fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
| Copper, Amador County | CA | AEU | 48 | 50% | unknown | 114 | |
| North Complex | CA | PNF | 314,949 | 79% | November 12, 2020 | 2,662 | 2,892 |
| Fork, Eldorado National Forest | CA | ENF | 1,667 | 70% | October 15, 2020 | 148 | 0 |
California fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
| Zogg | CA | SHU | 55,046 | 9% | October 12, 2020 | 1,337 | 147 |
| Glass/Shady/Boysen | CA | LNU | 51,266 | 2% | October 5, 2020 | 1,466 | 113 |
| North Complex | CA | PNF | 314,949 | 79% | November 12, 2020 | 2,662 | 2,892 |
| August Complex – west | CA | MEU | 949672 (All Zones) | 47% | September 30, 2020 | 2,144 | 51 |
| August Complex – north/south | CA | STF | 949,055 (All Zones) | 47% | November 15, 2020 | 1,743 | 35 |
| Bobcat | CA | ANF | 114,438 | 63% | October 30, 2020 | 1,554 | 138 |
| Slater/Devil, Happy Camp | CA | KNF | 154,145 | 48% | October 15, 2020 | 1,054 | 440 |
| El Dorado, San Bernardino | CA | BDU | 22,744 | 93% | September 30, 2020 | 428 | 20 |
| Creek, Shaver Lake | CA | SNF | 307,051 | 44% | October 15, 2020 | 1,837 | 855 |
| SQF Complex | CA | SQF | 151,436 | 61% | September 30, 2020 | 1,422 | 188 |
| Slink, Coleville | CA | HTF | 26,752 | 86% | October 1, 2020 | 55 | 0 |
| Dolan, Big Sur | CA | LPF | 124,924 | 87% | October 13, 2020 | 525 | 19 |
| Red Salmon Complex | CA | SRF | 124,464 | 31% | October 15, 2020 | 541 | 0 |
Out of state fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
| Riverside, Oregon | OR | MHF | 138,029 | 37% | October 31, 2020 | 469 | 53 |
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 broad upper ridge building over the West will yield increasingly hot, dry, and unstable conditions for California, the Desert Southwest, and the Great Basin.
Fires actively burning in Northern California will be challenged by near or record-breaking heat and very low relative humidities.
A cold front will move across the Northern and Central Great Plains and produce dry conditions and breezy winds. No precipitation is forecast west of the Mississippi River.