So far in 2014 we have had the fewest acres burned in the last 10 years (almost 1/3 of the average to date).
And the 2nd fewest number of fires total (fewest was last year).
http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm
From your link:
Year-to-date statistics
2014 (1/1/14 - 7/2214) Fires: 30,839 Acres: 1,562,243
2013 (1/1/13 - 7/22/13) Fires: 26,405 Acres: 2,171,893
2012 (1/1/12 - 7/22/12) Fires: 34,759 Acres: 3,791,054
2011 (1/1/11 - 7/22/11) Fires: 42,189 Acres: 5,875,756
2010 (1/1/10 - 7/22/10) Fires: 34,982 Acres: 1,914,930
2009 (1/1/09 - 7/22/09) Fires: 53,501 Acres: 2,870,165
2008 (1/1/08 - 7/22/08) Fires: 52,572 Acres: 3,360,649
2007 (1/1/07 - 7/22/07) Fires: 54,827 Acres: 4,209,806
2006 (1/1/06 - 7/22/06) Fires: 67,394 Acres: 4,838,319
2005 (1/1/05 - 7/22/05) Fires: 35,885 Acres: 3,926,435
2004 (1/1/05 - 7/22/05) Fires: 44,118 Acres: 4,770,213
Annual average prior 10 years
2004-2013 Fires: 44,663 Acres: 3,772,922
Note: these are year-to-date numbers for each year, not totals for the prior years. 2011 was the worst season of the decade, and that was primarily from the Wallow Fire in Arizona.
We got the smoke from that one for several weeks here in the Albuquerque metro.
2013 was an interesting season. It virtually dropped off at the end of August, when fires usually burn well into September and even October.