Fire Causes in Louisiana 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 LOUISIANA DURING 1999

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
FWS	7	1,112		10	19,249		2	50
NPS
USFS	86	2,500		153	104,909		1	3
STATE	3,054	28,582

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
FWS	15	7,018		15	25,231
NPS
USFS	133	9,393		54	37,545
STATE	4,394	86,843

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
FWS	7	3,100		21	12,433		10	11,366
NPS
USFS	28	315		194	129,975
STATE	913	5,892

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
FWS	184	2,178		28	20,038		9	9,646
NPS
USFS	42	1,537		149	113,608
STATE	1,070	9,577		5	3,273		13	137

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN LOUISIANA 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	3	412		18	2,528		10	7,682
NPS
USFS	34	194		171	118,826		1	99
STATE	720	6,728

 

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