Fire Causes in Tennessee 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 TENNESSEE DURING

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ
FWS
NPS	9	427		3	360
USFS	99	2,787		15	17,617
STATE	3,483	42,693

 

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ
FWS
NPS	4	2,198		3	500
USFS	67	1,908		23	19,500		1	50
STATE	2,869	56,967

 

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ
FWS
NPS	4	6,324
USFS	73	4,896		11	5,230
STATE	2,723	70,229

 

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ
FWS
NPS	2	5		1	200
USFS	33	1,084		14	7,636		6	75
STATE	1,337	13,245					3	3

 

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN TENNESSEE 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
FWS
NPS	4	1,106		2	1,184
USFS	20	219		19	16,652
STATE	613	4,724

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