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with one indicating saturation and 800 being desert-dry." Volusia County was at 517. East Central Florida has an elevated fire risk today, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

Volusia County Fire Chief Joe King said severe drought prompted the burn ban. The Keetch-Byram Drought Index "measures soil dryness on a scale of 1 to 800, with one indicating saturation and 800 being ...