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Table 1 Number of wildland fire use fires and area burned by those fires for the five land management agencies, 1998–2006.

From: The History and Evolution of Wildland Fire Use

Year

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Bureau of Land Management

Forest Service

 

fires

ha

ac

fires

ha

ac

fires

ha

ac

1998

4

3

8

25

0

0

255

19,600

48,432

1999

2

0

1

43

542

1,339

195

13,715

33,891

2000

0

0

0

0

0

0

60

15,333

37,889

2001

3

0

0

56

4,165

10,293

143

25,318

62,562

2002

0

0

0

26

3,706

9,158

269

16,177

39,974

2003

10

17

42

32

669

1,652

193

105,555

260,831

2004

0

0

0

45

2,912

7,195

196

13,532

33,437

2005

1

1,489

3,680

78

1,045

2,582

279

116,954

288,999

2006

1

42

105

12

1,225

3,026

264

58,354

144,196

Total

21

1,552

3,836

317

14,263

35,245

1,854

384,538

950,211

Average

2

172

426

35

1,585

3,916

206

42,726

105,579

Year

Fish and Wildlife Service

National Park Service

Total

 

fires

ha

ac

fires

ha

ac

fires

ha

ac

1998

0

0

0

73

5,059

12,501

357

24,662

60,941

1999

0

0

0

94

16,365

40,439

334

30,623

75,670

2000

0

0

0

22

622

1,538

82

15,956

39,427

2001

1

19

48

70

8,394

20,743

273

37,897

93,646

2002

0

0

0

111

3,291

8,131

406

23,174

57,263

2003

1

17,321

42,800

106

10,363

25,608

342

133,924

330,933

2004

3

119

295

65

32,946

81,410

309

49,508

122,337

2005

2

11,018

27,225

74

66,427

164,145

434

196,933

486,631

2006

2

124

307

79

7,046

17,412

358

66,792

165,046

Total

9

28,601

70,675

694

150,514

371,927

2,895

579,469

1,431,894

Average

1

3,178

7,853

77

16,724

41,325

322

115,894

286,379