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Table 1 Suppressed lightning fires, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1940–1997 The 1976 and 1977 Polecat Ridge Fires have been excluded.

From: Patterns in Lightning-caused Fires at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Year

Number of fires

Total area burned

Mean size

Mean duration

  

ha

ha

days

1940–49

27

25.4

0.9

3.1

1950–59

34

98.9

2.9

2.3

1960–69

16

56.0

3.5

4.9

1970–79

3

33.2

11.1

6.0

1980–89

27

220.1

8.2

10.0

1990–97

15

58.2

3.9

10.1

Total

122

523.4

4.3

6.6