diff --git a/code/map_data.js b/code/map_data.js
index c56bb252..6dc7f0c9 100644
--- a/code/map_data.js
+++ b/code/map_data.js
@@ -197,10 +197,13 @@ window.cleanUp = function() {
     cnt[1]++;
     linksLayer.removeLayer(link);
   });
-  fieldsLayer.eachLayer(function(field) {
-    if(b.intersects(field.getBounds())) return;
-    cnt[2]++;
-    fieldsLayer.removeLayer(field);
+  fieldsLayer.eachLayer(function(fieldgroup) {
+    fieldgroup.eachLayer(function(item) {
+      if(!item.options.guid) return true; // Skip MU div container as this doesn't have the bounds we need
+      if(b.intersects(item.getBounds())) return;
+      cnt[2]++;
+      fieldsLayer.removeLayer(fieldgroup);
+    });
   });
   console.log('removed out-of-bounds: '+cnt[0]+' portals, '+cnt[1]+' links, '+cnt[2]+' fields');
 }
@@ -536,17 +539,17 @@ window.renderLink = function(ent) {
 window.renderField = function(ent) {
   if(Object.keys(fields).length >= MAX_DRAWN_FIELDS)
     return window.removeByGuid(ent[0]);
-
-  // assume that fields never change. If they do, they will have a
-  // different ID.
-  if(findEntityInLeaflet(fieldsLayer, fields, ent[0])) return;
+  
+  var old = findEntityInLeaflet(fieldsLayer, window.fields, ent[0]);
+  // If this already exists and the zoom level has not changed, we don't need to do anything
+  if(old && map.getZoom() === old.options.creationZoom) return;
 
   var team = getTeam(ent[2]);
   var reg = ent[2].capturedRegion;
   var latlngs = [
-    [reg.vertexA.location.latE6/1E6, reg.vertexA.location.lngE6/1E6],
-    [reg.vertexB.location.latE6/1E6, reg.vertexB.location.lngE6/1E6],
-    [reg.vertexC.location.latE6/1E6, reg.vertexC.location.lngE6/1E6]
+    L.latLng(reg.vertexA.location.latE6/1E6, reg.vertexA.location.lngE6/1E6),
+    L.latLng(reg.vertexB.location.latE6/1E6, reg.vertexB.location.lngE6/1E6),
+    L.latLng(reg.vertexC.location.latE6/1E6, reg.vertexC.location.lngE6/1E6)
   ];
 
   var poly = L.polygon(latlngs, {
@@ -555,11 +558,8 @@ window.renderField = function(ent) {
     stroke: false,
     clickable: false,
     smoothFactor: 0, // hiding small fields will be handled below
-    vertices: reg,
-    lastUpdate: ent[1],
-    guid: ent[0],
-    data: ent[2]});
-    
+    guid: ent[0]});
+
   // determine which fields are too small to be rendered and don’t
   // render them, so they don’t count towards the maximum fields limit.
   // This saves some DOM operations as well, but given the relatively
@@ -572,14 +572,65 @@ window.renderField = function(ent) {
 
   if(!getPaddedBounds().intersects(poly.getBounds())) return;
 
+  // Curve fit equation to normalize zoom window area
+  var areaZoomRatio = calcTriArea(latlngs)/Math.exp(14.2714860198866-1.384987247*map.getZoom());
+  var countForMUDisplay = L.LineUtil.simplify(poly._originalPoints, FIELD_MU_DISPLAY_POINT_TOLERANCE).length
+  
+  // Do nothing if zoom did not change. We need to recheck the field if the
+  // zoom level is different then when the field was rendered as it could
+  // now be appropriate or not to show an MU count
+  if(old) {
+    var layerCount = 0;
+    old.eachLayer(function(item) {
+        layerCount++;
+    });
+    // Don't do anything since we already have an MU display and we still want to
+    if(areaZoomRatio > FIELD_MU_DISPLAY_AREA_ZOOM_RATIO && countForMUDisplay > 2 && layerCount === 2) return;
+    // Don't do anything since we don't have an MU display and don't want to
+    if(areaZoomRatio <= FIELD_MU_DISPLAY_AREA_ZOOM_RATIO && countForMUDisplay <= 2 && layerCount === 1) return;
+    removeByGuid(ent[0]);
+  }
+
+  // put both in one group, so they can be handled by the same logic.
+  if (areaZoomRatio > FIELD_MU_DISPLAY_AREA_ZOOM_RATIO && countForMUDisplay > 2) {
+    // centroid of field for placing MU count at
+    var centroid = [
+      (latlngs[0].lat + latlngs[1].lat + latlngs[2].lat)/3,
+      (latlngs[0].lng + latlngs[1].lng + latlngs[2].lng)/3
+    ];
+
+    var fieldMu = L.marker(centroid, {
+      icon: L.divIcon({
+        className: 'fieldmu',
+        iconSize: [70,12],
+        html: digits(ent[2].entityScore.entityScore)
+        }),
+      clickable: false
+      });
+    var f = L.layerGroup([poly, fieldMu]);
+  } else {
+    var f = L.layerGroup([poly]);
+  }
+  f.options = {
+    vertices: reg,
+    lastUpdate: ent[1],
+    creationZoom: map.getZoom(),
+    guid: ent[0],
+    data: ent[2]
+  };
+
+  // However, LayerGroups (and FeatureGroups) don’t fire add/remove
+  // events, thus this listener will be attached to the field. It
+  // doesn’t matter to which element these are bound since Leaflet
+  // will add/remove all elements of the LayerGroup at once.
   poly.on('remove', function() { delete window.fields[this.options.guid]; });
   poly.on('add',    function() {
     // enable for debugging
     if(window.fields[this.options.guid]) console.warn('duplicate field detected');
-    window.fields[this.options.guid] = this;
+    window.fields[this.options.guid] = f;
     this.bringToBack();
   });
-  poly.addTo(fieldsLayer);
+  f.addTo(fieldsLayer);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/code/utils_misc.js b/code/utils_misc.js
index 451d565e..8fb3dfd5 100644
--- a/code/utils_misc.js
+++ b/code/utils_misc.js
@@ -298,3 +298,8 @@ window.convertTextToTableMagic = function(text) {
   table += '</table>';
   return table;
 }
+
+// Given 3 sets of points in an array[3]{lat, lng} returns the area of the triangle
+window.calcTriArea = function(p) {
+  return Math.abs((p[0].lat*(p[1].lng-p[2].lng)+p[1].lat*(p[2].lng-p[0].lng)+p[2].lat*(p[0].lng-p[1].lng))/2);
+}
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index ff11efb8..18c5c834 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ window.MAX_DRAWN_LINKS = 400;
 window.MAX_DRAWN_FIELDS = 200;
 // Minimum zoom level resonator will display
 window.RESONATOR_DISPLAY_ZOOM_LEVEL = 17;
+// Minimum area to zoom ratio that field MU's will display
+window.FIELD_MU_DISPLAY_AREA_ZOOM_RATIO = 0.001;
+// Point tolerance for displaying MU's
+window.FIELD_MU_DISPLAY_POINT_TOLERANCE = 60
 
 window.COLOR_SELECTED_PORTAL = '#f00';
 window.COLORS = ['#FFCE00', '#0088FF', '#03DC03']; // none, res, enl
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 6210869a..f25501f9 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ a:hover {
   width: 0;
 }
 
+/* field mu count */
+.fieldmu {
+  color: #FFCE00;
+  font-size:13px;
+  font-family: "coda",arial,helvetica,sans-serif; /*override leaflet-container */
+  text-align: center;
+  text-shadow: 0 0 0.2em black, 0 0 0.2em black, 0 0 0.2em black;
+}
+
 
 /* chat ***************************************************************/