Fire Causes in North Carolina from 1999-2003.

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

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1999

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA	26	62
DDQ	71	1,268		39	12,669
FWS	7	2,303		10	9,882
NPS
USFS	129	5,053		64	31,731		7	10
STATE	6,024	31,407		1	12		10	153

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 2000

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA	1	15
DDQ	87	917		40	16,645
FWS	3	165		12	3,844
NPS	1	75					2	440
USFS	103	11,446		39	11,144		2	12
STATE	4,768	22,102					21	5,803

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 2001

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA	5	232
DDQ	3	2,092		47	19,221
FWS	4	1,601		15	6,179
NPS	5	72
USFS	165	3,780		52	20,258		5	189
STATE	7,490	26,011

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 2002

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA	14	131
DDQ	45	1,623		11	9,635
FWS	5	614		24	15,662		2	200
NPS	2	191
USFS	82	1,668		30	14,247		4	3
STATE	5,459	28,689

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN NORTH CAROLINA 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	15	20
DDQ				8	13,194
FWS				13	7,839
NPS
USFS	30	150		45	12,342		3	12
STATE	1,630	7,999

 

 

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