Fire Program Statistics

Fire Program Statistics

2008 Non-WUI Treatments by State

State	# Fires	Rx Acres	Mech Acres	Other Acres	Total Acres
Alabama	4	302.0	315.0		617.0
Alaska	5	178.0	60.0		238.0
Arizona	13	11,823.0			11,823.0
Arkansas	5	1,355.0			1,355.0
California	117	17,617.0	425.0	312.0	18,354.0
Colorado	10	854.5	2.0		856.5
Connecticut	1	1.0			1.0
Delaware	2	28.0	121.0		149.0
Florida	300	37,082.0	1,027.0	53,862.0	91,971.0
Georgia	43	3,740.2	728.0		4,468.2
Idaho	7	147.0	25.0		172.0
Illinois	21	1,250.0	25.0		1,275.0
Indiana	11	7,419.0			7,419.0
Iowa	42	4,286.0			4,286.0
Kansas	33	6,579.5			6,579.5
Louisiana	5	221.1	2.0		223.1
Maine	7	3.0	208.7		211.7
Maryland	25	7,402.2	44.0	497.0	7,943.2
Massachusetts	1	640.0			640.0
Michigan	13	3,223.0	12.0		3,235.0
Minnesota	215	31,327.8	753.0		32,080.8
Mississippi	6	2,180.0			2,180.0
Missouri	33	1,437.0			1,437.0
Montana	26	10,506.9			10,506.9
Nebraska	25	3,153.0			3,153.0
Nevada	10	1,864.0	68.0		1,932.0
New Jersey	7	116.0	197.0	445.0	758.0
New Mexico	12	11,366.0			11,366.0
New York	8	127.0	588.0	165.0	880.0
North Carolina	31	727.0	156.4	104.0	987.4
North Dakota	70	11,555.0	47.0		11,602.0
Ohio	3	337.0			337.0
Oklahoma	8	1,550.0			1,550.0
Oregon	111	7,341.1	4,000.4	715.5	12,056.0
Puerto Rico	47	263.0	585.0		848.0
Rhode Island	1	14.5			14.5
South Carolina	30	8,656.0			8,656.0
South Dakota	28	5,056.0	1,305.0		6,361.0
Texas	76	25,037.7	119.0		25,156.7
Utah	6	1,056.0			1,056.0
Vermont	1		24.0		24.0
Virginia	2	375.0		1,000.0	1,375.0
Washington	86	1,783.6	2,314.0	2,674.0	6,771.6
Wisconsin	64	4,657.5	1,829.0		6,486.5
Total	1,571	234,638.6	14,980.5	56,774.5	309,393.6

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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.