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English > Historical Fires > 2000 Fire Season > 2000 Statistics
End of Year Fires and Acres By Cause and Agency
Naturally Caused (By Lightning):
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BLM
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BIA
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FWS
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NPS
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USDA/FS
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State/Private
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Totals
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Fires
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2,567
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1,293
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185
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324
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6,371
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7,659
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18,417
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Acres
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1,355,209
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258,658
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217,162
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101,013
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1,676,414
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1,218,187
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4,826,643
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Human Caused:
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Cause
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BLM
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BIA
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FWS
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NPS
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USDA/FS
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State/Private
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Totals
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Campfires
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Fires
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64
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109
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47
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56
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1,260
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1,876
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3,412
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Acres
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84,152
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1,401
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1,931
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16,082
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52,467
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18,953
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174,986
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Smoking
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Fires
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23
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160
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31
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23
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237
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3,418
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3,892
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Acres
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4,038
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20,295
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15,098
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83
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15,930
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44,951
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100,395
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Incendiary
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Fires
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57
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707
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89
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61
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817
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25,259
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26,990
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Acres
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60,294
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18,465
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6,609
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13,522
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157,144
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847,914
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1,103,948
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Equipment
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Fires
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121
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180
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75
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36
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194
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10,107
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10,713
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Acres
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16,856
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7,712
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97,479
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1,387
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8,311
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308,681
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440,426
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Railroads
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Fires
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10
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10
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12
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13
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56
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2,711
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2,812
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Acres
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86
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47
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476
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476
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55,561
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85,260
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141,768
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Juveniles
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Fires
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11
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631
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13
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14
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65
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3,193
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3,927
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Acres
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117
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14,762
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1,041
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80
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211
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12,729
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28,940
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Misc.
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Fires
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257
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1,440
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177
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138
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866
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49,786
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52,664
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Acres
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50,112
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190,121
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8,800
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18,142
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172,872
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1,165,084
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1,605,131
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Grand Totals:
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BLM
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BIA
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FWS
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NPS
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USDA/FS
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State/Private
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Totals
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Fires
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3,110
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4,530
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629
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683
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9,866
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104,009
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122,827
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Acres
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1,570,864
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511,461
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348,596
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150,647
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2,138,910
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3,701,758
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8,422,237
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Prescribed Fires and Acres for Federal Agencies
Department of the Internior (DOI):
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Bureau of Land Management
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485
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125,600
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
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1,068
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201,052
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Bureau of Indian
Affairs
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33
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3,353
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National Park Service
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111
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19,072
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Department of
the Interior Total
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1,697
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349,077
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Department of Agriculture (USDA):
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Forest Service
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2,954
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728,237
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Grand Total:
Suppression Costs for Federal Agencies
Department of the Internior (DOI):
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Bureau of Land Management
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$180,567,000
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
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$ 9,417,000
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Bureau of Indian
Affairs
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$ 9,417,000
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National Park Service
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$ 53,341,000
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Department of
the Interior Total
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$ 336,367,000
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Department of Agriculture (USDA):
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Forest Service
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$ 336,367,000
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Grand Total:
The Growing Wildland/Urban Interface:
It is interesting to note, that if you compare the three maps below, you'll notice that the population is increasing in most areas that are forested, and that the fires are occuring closer and closer to larger urban areas
(please note: the satellite map is only of Montana and Idaho, while the other two maps are of the whole western United States).
The Change in Population of the West:
The Large Fires of 2000:
A Map of the 10 largest fires of 2000, all located in the western United States:
(click here for statistics on the 10 largest fires of 2000)
Satellite Image (view of Montana/Idaho)- the red is the fires, the white is the smoke caused by the fires:
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