Fire Causes in Kentucky 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 KENTUCKY DURING 1999

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
NPS	5	46
USFS	202	9,044		19	5,699
STATE	2,506	151,731

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
NPS	2	1
USFS	127	10,302		13	1,813
STATE	1,612	130,821

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
NPS	3	3
USFS	332	65,627		14	6,882
STATE	2,054	140,519

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
NPS	8	109		4	2,510
USFS	46	2,520		16	6,880
STATE	313	4,486

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN KENTUCKY 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
NPS	2	16		1	408
USFS	24	186		50	4,462		1	24
STATE	868	19,518

 

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