Fire Program Statistics

Fire Program Statistics

2004 Non-WUI Treatments by State

State	Number	RX Acres	Mech Acres	Other Acres	Total Acres
Alaska	15		19		19
Arizona	7	12,805			12,805
California	148	21,312	315		21,627
Colorado	6	1,064	10		1,074
Delaware	1	20			20
Florida	51	9,122	20		9,142
Georgia	21	9,755			9,755
Idaho	3	492			492
Illinois	15	509	10		519
Indiana	9	4,641			4,641
Iowa	64	6,358	33		6,391
Kansas	40	9,077	130		9,207
Louisiana	5	4,035			4,035
Maine	5	120	73		193
Maryland	10	11,716	36		11,752
Massachusetts	1	2			2
Michigan	17	2,760			2,760
Minnesota	176	17,416	132		17,548
Mississippi	12	2,203			2,203
Missouri	14	513			513
Montana	11	3,108			3,108
Nebraska	48	6,378			6,378
Nevada	11	587	325		912
New Jersey	4	39		204	243
New Mexico	2	24,248			24,248
New York	6	113	413	86	612
North Carolina	16	10,243	102		10,345
North Dakota	113	18,217			18,217
Ohio	1	39			39
Oklahoma	14	2,149			2,149
Oregon	44	2,626	627	80	3,333
Pennsylvania	1		53		53
Rhode Island	1	3			3
South Carolina	4	5,435			5,435
South Dakota	38	4,416	575		4,991
Texas	69	39,037	1,251		40,288
Utah	3	1,622			1,622
Vermont	1	24			24
Virginia	4	742		60	742
Washington	97	2,913	393		3,306
Wisconsin	38	1,669	589	421	2,679
Totals	1,146	237,528	5,106	851	243,485

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages public land in every U.S. state and territory, including 550 national wildlife refuges and 70 national fish hatcheries.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages more than 75 million burnable acres, including 24 million acres of forest/brushland and 4 million acres of grassland.

More than 80% of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands in the continental U.S. (and more than 90% in Alaska) include fire-adapted ecosystems with vegetation dependent on periodic fire.

An average of 500 wildfires burn 300,000 acres each year on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands. The Service also burns more than 350,000 acres a year using prescribed fire.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service annual fire program budget is approximately $80 million.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employs more than 500 permanent fire professionals, along with 200 seasonal and temporary fire employees during fire season.

More than 2,000 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees are qualified to assist with wildland fire management on an interagency basis.

The U.S. Fish and Wildland Service Fire Management Program protects more than 700 communities and wildland-urban interface areas.

Historically, an acre was the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in one day. This measures 90% of a football field. There are 640 acres in a square mile.

More than 90% of the hazardous fuels reduction by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is completed using prescribed fire.