Fire Causes in Alabama from 1999-2003

The following statistics were provided by Michele Robertson (2003), Southern Area Coordination Center, Chamblee, Georgia.

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # OF ACRES BURNED IN ALABAMA  DURING 1999

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED	PRESCRIBED FIRE	LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
FWS	11	76		1	40
NPS	3	48		2	26
USFS	114	1,474		170	141,638
STATE	3994	46,131		101	6,252

 

 

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # OF ACRES BURNED IN ALABAMA  DURING 2000

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED	PRESCRIBED FIRE	LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
NPS	4	165		1	3
USFS	79	1,974		123	53,228		17	450
STATE	5260	77,001					224	6,237

 

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # OF ACRES BURNED IN ALABAMA  DURING 2001

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED	PRESCRIBED FIRE	LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
FWS							1	455
NPS				2	274
USFS	56	697		142	78,281		5	355
STATE	2,280						1	550

 

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # OF ACRES BURNED IN ALABAMA  DURING 2002

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED	PRESCRIBED FIRE	LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
FWS				4	10,932
NPS				3	500
USFS	43	1599		51	29,407
STATE	11	10		149	763

 

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # OF ACRES BURNED IN ALABAMA  DURING 2003 (01/03-11/19/03)

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED	PRESCRIBED FIRE	LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
USFS	14	317					116	61,325
STATE	1,228	11,892		1	6		15,836	705,907

 

 

AGENCY KEY

BIA = Bureau of Indian Affairs

DDQ = Department of Defense

FWS = Fish and Wildlife Service

NPS = National Park Service

STATE = State Agency

USFS = United States Forest Service