US forest fire burn acreage and number of fires is down 80% over the last 80 years.
Indicator 3.16: Area and percent of forest affected by abiotic agents
There were 185,209 fires in 1937, and more than 200,000 in 1936.
The decline continues. This year there have been less than 40,000 fires so far,
(Assuming the 2016 number is a typo)
National Interagency Fire Center
There is lots of rain falling in the southwest, so there won’t be much fire activity there in the foreseeable future.
Intellicast – Weekly Precipitation in United States
Meanwhile, the press continues their usual hysterical nonsense.
