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February 17, 2012 Nationally, one large fire is burning in Florida. Two other large fires were contained, each in Florida and Arizona. Weather: Showers and thunderstorms are predicted from Texas to Florida on Friday. Another Pacific storm will produce rain and snow to the Northwest and the Great Basin this weekend. Snow will continue across the northern Rockies and scattered rain and thunderstorms will develop along the Gulf and midwestern states through next week. |
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| Daily statistics 2/17/12 | ||
| Number of new large fires | 3 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Fires managed for multiple objectives (0) |
1 | Florida (1) |
| Acres from active fires | 793 | |
| Fires contained since 2/10/12 | 2 | |
| Year-to-date large fires contained | 24 | |
| Year-to-date statistics | ||
| 2012 (1/1/12 - 2/17/12) | Fires: 3,672 | Acres: 70,451 |
| 2011 (1/1/11 - 2/17/11) | Fires: 5,659 | Acres: 109,100 |
| 2010 (1/1/10 - 2/17/10) | Fires: 1,652 | Acres: 25,892 |
| 2009 (1/1/09 - 2/17/09) | Fires: 6,552 | Acres: 143,959 |
| 2008 (1/1/08 - 2/17/08) | Fires: 4,793 | Acres: 206,847 |
| 2007 (1/1/07 - 2/17/07) | Fires: 2,349 | Acres: 18,607 |
| 2006 (1/1/06 - 2/17/06) | Fires: 5,159 | Acres: 390,190 |
| 2005 (1/1/05 - 2/17/05) | Fires: 3,470 | Acres: 20,953 |
| 2004 (1/1/03 - 2/17/04) | Fires: 3,314 | Acres: 35,733 |
| 2003 (1/1/03 - 2/17/03) | Fires: 3,480 | Acres: 45,544 |
| 10-year average | ||
| 2003-2012 | Fires: 3,627 | Acres: 93,454 |
| Current Wildfires | ||||
| Arizona | Fires: 0 | Acres: 0 | * New fires: 1 | Fires contained: 1 |
| * Hilton (Safford Field Office, Bureau of Land Management): The fire was contained at 460 acres. | ||||
| Florida | Fires: 1 | Acres: 793 | * New fires: 2 | Fires contained: 1 |
| * Grand Bay (National Forests in Florida): 793 acres at 90 percent contained. The fire is located 13 miles west of Tallahassee. | ||||
| * Agrock (Florida Forest Service): The fire was contained at 600 acres. | ||||
