Texas Fires Fact Sheet, November 21, 2011
Incident: Texas Initial Attack Wildfire
Released: 11/23/2011
11-21-11
Texas Fires 2011 Fact Sheet
(All figures are from Nov 15, 2010 to November 20, 2011, unless noted.)
Days on Incident: 370
States that have sent firefighters or other personnel to Texas:
All 50 states, plus Canada, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Total fires in Texas since Nov. 15, 2010: 29,540
Total acres burned in Texas since Nov. 15, 2010: 3,978,201
(Exceeds previous record of 2,105,361 acres set in 2005-2006)
Fires in Texas in 2011: 27,411 - Fires nationally in 2011: 65,899
Proportion of total national fires in 2011 that occurred in Texas: = 41.6%
Acres burned in Texas in 2011: 3,914,178
Acres burned nationally in 2011: 8,287,369
Proportion of total national acres that burned in Texas: = 47.6%
Ten-year U.S. national average acres burned: 7,093,252
4 of the largest wildfires in Texas history occurred in April 2011.
Since November 15, 2010
Homes saved: 38,727. Other Structures saved: 13,043. Total: 51,770.
Homes lost: 2,913. Other Structures lost: 2,812. Total: 5,725.
Total Aviation Hours: 16,942. Total aviation drops: 54,477.
Retardant dropped: 6,145,610. Water dropped: 28,033,106 gallons.
Texas counties with burn bans: 167 of 254
To learn more, go to http://www.inciweb.org/ or http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/
