Fire Program Statistics
Fire Program Statistics
2008 Wildfires by State
| State | # Fires |
FWS Acres |
Other Acres |
Total Acres |
| Alabama | 5 | 3.7 | 223.0 | 226.7 |
| *Alaska | 36 | 57,483.8 | 57,483.8 | |
| Arizona | 11 | 740.2 | 740.2 | |
| Arkansas | 3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |
| California | 26 | 1,644.7 | 5,397.6 | 7,042.3 |
| Colorado | 1 | .2 | .2 | |
| Florida | 39 | 187.4 | 39.0 | 226.4 |
| Georgia | 10 | 31.2 | 31.2 | |
| Idaho | 3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |
| Illinois | 7 | 74.6 | 9.0 | 83.6 |
| Indiana | 1 | 30.0 | 30.0 | |
| Iowa | 3 | 37.5 | 37.5 | |
| Kansas | 18 | 279.5 | 1,587.1 | 1,866.6 |
| Louisiana | 24 | 4,916.3 | 1,358.0 | 6,274.3 |
| Maine | 1 | .3 | .3 | |
| Maryland | 1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |
| Michigan | 1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| Minnesota | 13 | 153.1 | 824.0 | 977.1 |
| Mississippi | 7 | 3.8 | 75.0 | 78.8 |
| Montana | 9 | 2,220.7 | 20.0 | 2,240.7 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | |
| Nevada | 8 | 46.6 | 46.6 | |
| New Jersey | 7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
| New Mexico | 4 | 23.7 | 23.7 | |
| New York | 3 | 8.9 | 8.9 | |
| North Carolina | 15 | 24,768.7 | 16,424.0 | 41,192.7 |
| North Dakota | 19 | 2,695.6 | 380.6 | 3,076.2 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | 465.9 | 37.6 | 503.5 |
| Oregon | 18 | 1,042.8 | .5 | 1,043.3 |
| Puerto Rico | 11 | 157.1 | 44.0 | 201.1 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 118.2 | 118.2 | |
| South Dakota | 3 | 14.3 | 75.5 | 89.8 |
| Texas | 69 | 9,601.2 | 641.3 | 10,242.5 |
| Utah | 2 | 492.2 | 492.2 | |
| Virginia | 1 | 4,764.1 | 20.0 | 4,784.1 |
| Washington | 28 | 5,106.6 | 310.0 | 5,416.6 |
Total |
427 | 117,137.6 | 27,466.2 | 144,603.8 |
* Alaska had 17 Fire Use fires for 32,268.1 acres. These are included with the totals above. Alaska was the only region with Fire Use Fires on FWS lands.
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