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NIFC Wildland Fire Update

Check out this page from the National Interagency Fire Center. Here is the data that caught my eye:

Year-to-date Statistics
2006	(1/1/06 - 3/31/06)	Fires: 20,942	Acres: 1,849,336
2005	(1/1/05 - 3/31/05)	Fires: 9,631	Acres: 143,898
2004	(1/1/04 - 3/31/04)	Fires: 15,577	Acres: 171,677
2003	(1/1/03 - 3/31/03)	Fires: 7,395	Acres: 93,980
2002	(1/1/02 - 3/31/02)	Fires: 14,718	Acres: 200,752
2001	(1/1/01 - 3/31/01)	Fires: 14,412	Acres: 266,547
2000	(1/1/00 - 3/31/00)	Fires: 20,346	Acres: 569,567
5-Year Average
2001 - 2006		Fires: 13,838	Acres: 236,232

If this keeps up, we will have a huge year for wildland fires!

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