National Fire Activity - Preparedness Level 1 - Oct 5th Report including Year-to-Date Acreage Information
October 5, 2007 - National Preparedness Level 1 (On a scale from 1 to 5) - Wildland fire activity was light throughout the country yesterday, with 107 new fires reported. Three large fires in Kentucky were contained. Please note the National Fire News will only be updated on Fridays unless significant activity is reported.
Weather Discussion: Gusty winds are expected today over a wide area from the southern California mountains across the southern Great Basin and into Colorado and Wyoming. Gusty offshore winds are on tap this weekend over portions of southern California. The Southeast will see scattered showers today and Saturday with generally warm, dry weather in the Northeast.
Year-to-date large fires contained 793
Year-to-date statistics
2007 (1/1/07 - 10/5/07) Fires: 74,031 Acres: 8,245,535
2006 (1/1/06 - 10/5/06) Fires: 84,333 Acres: 9,080,628
2005 (1/1/05 - 10/5/05) Fires: 54,051 Acres: 8,175,432
2004 (1/1/04 - 10/5/04) Fires: 61,625 Acres: 7,733,023
2003 (1/1/03 - 10/5/03) Fires: 50,022 Acres: 3,161,924
2002 (1/1/02 - 10/5/02) Fires: 67,889 Acres: 6,657,464
2001 (1/1/01 - 10/5/01) Fires: 63,737 Acres: 3,265,574
2000 (1/1/00 - 10/5/00) Fires: 82,071 Acres: 6,891,292
5-year average
2003 - 2007 Fires: 64,812 Acres: 7,279,308
10-year average
1997- 2006 Fires: 67,557 Acres: 5,736,924
Current Wildland Fires
Kentucky Fires: 0 Acres: 0 New fires: 0 Fires contained: 3
NEW Little Brush Creek (Kentucky Department of Forestry): This fire was contained at 125 acres.
Phillips Branch (Kentucky Department of Forestry): This fire was contained at 120 acres.
Potato Knob (Kentucky Department of Forestry): This fire was contained at 575 acres.
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This report will be updated on Fridays.
Source: National Interagency Coordination Center
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