Sept 11, 2003

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2003 - Fire Situation  

(The data for this analysis was obtained from the National Interagency Coordination Center’s Incident Management Situation Report for August 21, 2003 http://www.nifc.gov/news/nicc.html)

                                                                  

National Wildland Fire Acreage Year-to-Date:   3,112,908 acres

The current area burned by wildfires is significantly lower than the ten year average of  3,810,797 acres for this time of year.     

 

This year so far only 34.1 % of the land burned is in the National Forests.  

• Wildfire statistics can be looked at in terms of amount of land burned  (acres) or number of fires.  This year, 19.4% of the total number of fires have started on National Forests. 

• The vast majority of fires burning this year (73.5%) have started on private, state and tribal lands.  Only 26.5% of the fires have started on federal land (BLM, Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service).