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October 31, 2008
Large fire activity was reported in Oklahoma and Utah.
Weather: A weather system moving across the northwest quarter of the country will bring dry and windy conditions to protions of the southern Great Basin and Rocky Mountain Areas. Cooler temperatures and precipitation will move across central and northern California, the Northwest and Idaho. Southern California will see cooler temperatures and higher relative humidity with onshore flow. The Southeast will continue to see dry conditions with low realtive humidity under the influence of a strong high pressure system.
Source: National Interagency Coordination Center
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Daily statistics 10/31/08 |
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Number of new large fires |
2 | States currently reporting large fires: |
Number of active large fires |
2 | |
Acres from active fires |
228 | |
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) fires |
1 | |
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) acres |
9,500 | |
Fires contained since 10/26/08 |
1 | |
Year-to-date large fires contained |
702 |
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Year-to-date statistics |
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2008 (1/1/08 - 10/31/08) |
Fires: 73,960 |
Acres: 5,052,109 |
2007 (1/1/07 - 10/31/07) |
Fires: 77,108 |
Acres: 9,191,148 |
2006 (1/1/06 - 10/31/06) |
Fires: 86,976 |
Acres: 9,445,153 |
2005 (1/1/05 - 10/31/05) |
Fires: 56,850 |
Acres: 8,261,437 |
2004 (1/1/04 - 10/31/04) |
Fires: 63,047 |
Acres: 8,044,834 |
2003 (1/1/03 - 10/31/03) |
Fires: 56,036 |
Acres: 3,511,752 |
2002 (1/1/02 - 10/31/02) |
Fires: 69,413 |
Acres: 6,684,556 |
2001 (1/1/01 - 10/31/01) |
Fires: 67,604 |
Acres: 3,129,916 |
2000 (1/1/00 - 10/31/00) |
Fires: 87,809 |
Acres: 7,048,206 |
10-year average |
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1999 - 2008 |
Fires: 72,182 |
Acres: 6,555,639 |
Current Wildland Fires |
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Arizona |
Fires: |
Acres: |
New fires: |
Fires contained: 0 |
| WFU Fires: 1 | Acres: 9,500 | New WFU: 0 | ||
| Marteen (Kaibab National Forest): 9,500 acres. This Wildland Fire Use incident is being managed for resource benefit. | ||||
California |
Fires: |
Acres: |
New fires: |
Fires contained: 0 |
| Chalk (Los Padres National Forest): This fire was contained at 16,269 acres. | ||||
Oklahoma |
Fires: |
Acres: |
New fires: |
Fires contained: 0 |
| NEW Too Late 2 (Okmulgee Field Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs): 118 acres at 90 percent contained. This fire started on state land two miles west of Winchester. | ||||
Utah |
Fires: |
Acres: |
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Fires contained: 0 |
| NEW Boiler (Wasatch Front Area, Utah Department of Forestry): 110 acres at 60 percent contained. This fire is 26 miles southwest of Fruitland. | ||||
