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Six Rivers National Forest Fire Statistics

Forest fires and causes from 2000 to present
Year	Total Fires	Total Acres Burned	Natural Cause/Lightning Fires	Human Cause Fires
2000	112	1095	14 fires-1 acre	98 fires-1094 acres
2001	112	222	42 fires-156 acres	70 fires-66 acres
2002	69	29694	6 fires-28777 acres	63 fires-917 acres
2003	79	552	18 fires-24 acres	61 fires-528 acres
2004	89	4157	10 fires-3 acres	79 fires-4154 acres
2005	65	1094	1 fires-0 acres	64 fires-1094 acres
2006	72	27959	33 fires -27901 acres	39 fires-58 acres

2006 Human Caused Fire Statistics

9 from from arson
9 from abandoned campfires
1 from a child playing with matches
5 from debris burning
4 from equipment use
11 miscellaneous

Fire Prevention

With the increase in homes being built in the wildland urban interface, protection of those homes presents a difficult challenge for the fire fighting community. The public needs to understand that even though there are numerous resources available to suppress wildland fires, there is still a home owner responsibility to make your home safe from a threatening wildfire. more »

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