Fire Causes in Oklahoma 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 OKLAHOMA DURING 1999

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA	13	634		1	0
FWS	3	97		11	9,389
NPS	1	1
USFS
STATE	1,618	37,960

 

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA	150	12,271		9	902		9	40
FWS	6	60					4	3,412
NPS
USFS
STATE	1,746	61,961					21	5,803

 

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA	106	6,452		7	718
FWS				3	378
NPS
USFS
STATE	711	26,715		23	143

 

 

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA	117	16,104		54	5,633

 

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN OKLAHOMA 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	137	23,262		34	5,092
FWS				2	2
STATE	1,599	68,748					27	1,530

 

 

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