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Environment & Energy

OnlinePoker

(5,839 posts) Sat Dec 23, 2023, 07:46 PM Dec 2023

Something positive - Lowest wildfire acreage burned since 1998

2014 was the lowest in the last 11 at 3.596 million acres. To date, this year has only had 2.627 million burned.

Year to date
https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn

Previous years statistics
https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/statistics/wildfires

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Something positive - Lowest wildfire acreage burned since 1998 (Original Post) OnlinePoker Dec 2023 OP

Oh, it's just US acreage NickB79 Dec 2023 #1

NickB79

(19,647 posts)

1. Oh, it's just US acreage

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Sun Dec 24, 2023, 12:11 AM

Dec 2023

At first I was like "uh, Canada?"

But yes, the massive rainfall totals across the West last spring made a huge impact on wildfires this summer and fall.

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