We might be a bit spoiled up here in the shortgrass prairie.
I said 22 on a good year! 16 to 18 seems to be the average and we never get enough water. That last fire hit us right in the middle of the drought and was fueled by 35 mph winds. It was the wind slapping hi-lines together that started it. We had planes, helo’s, the forest service, city and county fire departments fighting that one. Didn’t lose any cows are equipment but we did lose about 12 miles of fences. I did lose 80 heifers that year but it wasn’t due to the fire or drought. I was told they were breed to a low birth weight bull which obviously wasn’t the case. Lost about 22 others to the heat and getting stuck in the mud and dying before we could get them out. It was really bad year.