We had the same pattern, probably about the same time frame, though now it does seem to be hanging around, I don't see it so much, I guess it's really important to get rid of the dead ones and infected ones to keep it from spreading, but probably impossible to do.
I've noticed some of the elm does get punked out reasonably quick, others do not, I've found pieces that I've cut, that had no bark and have been on the ground for 2 years, you can see the full grain, no punk, dark weathering on the outside, entire inside is very hard. I think what happens is that the pieces that split allow water in, the others that don't split just weather on the outside. Even punked up it's a decent wood fuel when dry, or has some moisture when used on a hot bed of coals, it does burn clean, I'll mix it in with better ones once the fire established.
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