National Interagency Fire Center

Prescribed Fires and Acres by Agency
Year		BIA	BLM	USFS	FWS	NPS	State/Other	Total
2007	Fires	284	462	4,771	1,228	271	17,057	24,073
2007	Acres	83,811	100,121	1,291,889	405,455	111,879	1,155,912	3,149,067
2006	Fires	254	484	5,138	1,314	233	17,006	24,429
2006	Acres	86,519	87,169	1,091,714	291,821	84,524	1,078,798	2,720,545
2005	Fires	216	522	3,782	1,201	226	1,809	7,756
2005	Acres	64,886	156,037	1,329,439	267,903	106,921	385,160	2,310,346
2004	Fires	303	434	4,859	1,147	235	1,862	8,840
2004	Acres	66,408	126,524	1,501,697	257,813	157,803	352,041	2,462,286
2003	Fires	238	449	4,134	1,051	188	16,808	22,868
2003	Acres	64,362	151,999	1,275,310	286,414	117,287	940,641	2,836,013
2002	Fires	174	319	4,339	947	209	23,800	29,788
2002	Acres	71,002	98,772	1,076,811	248,681	133,763	1,055,777	2,684,806
2001	Fires	114	236	4,058	729	63	709	5,909
2001	Acres	28,330	128,405	1,071,473	213,948	43,767	163,326	1,649,249
2000	Fires	129	308	2,954	687	117	502	4,697
2000	Acres	38,458	39,971	728,237	167,129	52,259	166,166	1,192,220
1999	Fires	281	329	4,021	575	206	525	5,937
1999	Acres	208,131	208,131	1,239,429	178,309	112,007	47,589	1,993,596
1998	Fires	171	359	2,938	310	220	279	4,277
1998	Acres	27,403	141,916	505,103	63,495	60,823	79,550	878,290
10-yr average	Fires	216	390	4,099	919	197	8,036	13,857
10-yr average	Acres	73,931	123,905	1,111,110	238,097	98,103	542,496	2,187,642


* Source: National Interagency Coordination Center (national reporting of prescribed fires and acres began in 1998)

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