Fire Causes in Virginia 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 VIRGINIA DURING 1999

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ
FWS	2	1		5	113
NPS	18	5,604		2	60		7	394
USFS	57	1,358		29	7,833		34	733
STATE	1,654	13,721		254	5,646		106	1,766

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN VIRGINIA 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	7	24,457		1	97
USFS	42	1,143		13	5,064		16	948
STATE	1,036	10,096					2	140

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ
FWS	5	21
NPS	9	26		1	130
USFS	49	1,438		19	5,108		7	220
STATE	2,434	21,283		4	20		39	1,172

 

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

LANDOWNER	HUMAN CAUSED		PRESCRIBED FIRE			LIGHTNING  CAUSED
	# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned		# of fires	acres burned
BIA
DDQ
FWS							3	2
NPS	5	3,864		7	5,953
USFS	17	492		21	4,698		21	2,347
STATE	1,139	7,712					83	570

 

THE CAUSES OF FIRE AND # ACRES BURNED IN VIRGINIA 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				2	150
NPS	2	20
USFS	12	61					37	12,158
STATE	389	3,465					46	0

 

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