Fire Causes in South 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 SOUTH CAROLINA DURING 1999

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ	39	2,900		36	3,543
FWS	5	853		84	27,252
NPS	2	221		3	336
USFS	203	3,635		109	73,875
STATE	4,731	29,208

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ	6	32		40	4,600
FWS	1	3		29	11,360
NPS				5	542
USFS	271	2,678		87	51,316		18	80
STATE	4,173	18,866					9	22

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ	1	3,800		41	8,196
FWS				33	6,929
NPS				2	542
USFS	133	860		135	72,913		10	40
STATE	5,474	23,311					66	1,036

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ	84	935		13	3,634
FWS	7	72		41	17,392
NPS	56	149		4	164
USFS	117	3,245		955	46,531		14	24
STATE	4,284	31,884		6	21		57	1,341

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN SOUTH CAROLINA DURING 2003 (1/03-11/19/03)

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ	20	82		42	7,198
FWS				68	22,879
NPS				38	489
USFS	34	1,713		154	68,881		2	10
STATE	167	718					1	4

  

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