Categories: 2010 Fire Season

Western US Fire Prediction Map, 2010


• Drought: Drought conditions continue to persist over northeast California and northwest Nevada, western Wyoming, western Montana and much of Idaho.
• Snowpack: Snowpack in the Southwest has been well above average, while in western Wyoming through the northern Rockies the snowpack has been well below average.
• Grassland Fuels: Abundant fine fuels across southern Arizona are expected to lead to an active 4-6 week grassland fire season. Fine fuels are not expected to be of concern in the Great Basin. There is an increased large fire risk over the California desert areas in June due to fine fuels, with fire potential decreasing to normal by July.
• Fire Season Onset: In areas with above average snowpack, fire season onset will be delayed due to a later snowpack melt.
• Southwest Monsoon: Early indications suggest monsoon onset will occur around the typical start date or later with associated precipitation amounts near normal for the season.

For additional information, click here: 2010 predictive maps

The good news is our fire potential is below normal.

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

View Comments

  • Thanks for the information Kate, good stuff. Windy again here, something is going to break out, it's time.

Share
Published by
bigsurkate

Recent Posts

Sunday Photos, 5/17/26

What recovery after a wildfire looks like, six years later…

1 day ago

Summer is almost here and tourism is up — way up

.Big Sur is used to landslides, but having two back to back which closed the…

2 days ago

Roadless Rule – Proposed Changes

Central Coast, Stand Up! 📣 Join us at a town hall to learn what proposed…

3 days ago

El Niño Prediction Center

There are some really interesting charts provided for this. If you want to check it…

4 days ago

Sunday Photos, 5/10/26 – Happy Mother’s Day

From Heather Cox Richardson today: “If you google the history of Mother’s Day, the internet…

1 week ago

Parking at Bixby Bridge

I find the MoCo website a nightmare to navigate or I would post links to…

2 weeks ago

This website uses cookies.