Fire Causes in Mississippi 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 MISSISSIPPI DURING 1999

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
FWS	14	155		13	6,838
NPS	38	649
USFS	97	3,012		115	102,490		1	4
STATE	5,663	52,556

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
FWS	18	2,954		1	7		1	13
NPS	12	107
USFS	165	5,296		41	38,232		11	146
STATE	4,833	65,156

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
FWS	11	1,145		45	10,180		2	31
NPS	2	2
USFS	84	5,910		158	156,318		3	647
STATE	782	10,301					39	501

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
FWS	172	1,671		18	13,514
NPS				2	92
USFS	59	2,222		181	188,622
STATE	956	28,689

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN MISSISSIPPI 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
FWS	2	97		46	10,855
NPS
USFS	48	2,122		217	231,511		1	6
STATE	202	2,556		16	183

 

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