Fire Causes in Florida 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 FLORIDA  DURING 1999

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
DDQ	71	1,268		39	12,669
FWS	7	80		53	12,227
NPS	32	4,636		42	73,919		22	3,776
USFS	89	13,094		80	103,823		179	17,473
STATE	4,831	278,724					733	23,970

 

 

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA							3	27
DDQ	30	7,133		33	42,382		5	70
FWS	2	156		68	23,944		16	838
NPS	25	1640		34	37,023		36	318
USFS	155	12,647		50	60,314		76	582
STATE	4,733	118,705					1,505	59,337

 

 

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
DDQ	6	1,284		15	41,115		1	1
FWS	18	2,020		94	30,437		16	357
NPS	11	35,202		10	31,765		1,057	1,942
USFS	119	4,419		118	140,457		27	252
STATE	3,289	247,264		4	2,818		831	138,108

 

 

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA	12	1,481		24	6,590		1	2
DDQ	135	5,688		24	16,099		4	3,834
FWS	203	1,383		79	32,366		4	56
NPS	2	1		35	68,480
USFS	69	1,011		128	127,023		33	1,028
STATE	1,998	27,686					502	8,770

 

 

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # OF ACRES BURNED IN FLORIDA 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
BIA	12	266		20	14,312		1	20
DDQ	1	4,500		71	51,492
FWS	1	1		89	36,136		2	1,670
NPS	2	5		49	80,636		5	1
USFS	26	408		160	189,775		10	129
STATE	1,513	12,492					350	13,542

 

 

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