Fire Program Statistics

Fire Program Statistics

2009 Non-WUI Treatments by State

State	# Fires	Rx Acres	Mech Acres	Other Acres	Total Acres
Alabama	12	1,186.0	765.0	770.0	2,721.0
Alaska	10	25.0	105.0		130.0
Arizona	7	2,452.0			2,452.0
Arkansas	6	2,047.0			2,047.0
California	85	12,922.0	724.0	66.5	13,712.5
Colorado	4	1,192.0			1,192.0
Delaware	2	40.0			40.0
Florida	144	45,876.0	1,061.0	3,296.0	50,233.0
Georgia	105	15,627.0	1,076.0		16,703.0
Idaho	12	483.0	1,291.0		1,774.0
Illinois	14	504.0	398.0		902.0
Indiana	5	3,367.0			3,367.0
Iowa	89	9,998.0			9,998.0
Kansas	55	7,349.0			7,349.0
Louisiana	11	1,277.0	358.5		1,635.5
Maine	32	98.1	238.4		336.5
Maryland	25	2,549.0			2,549.0
Massachusetts	3	36.0	10.0		46.0
Michigan	12	5,520.0	11.0		5,531.0
Minnesota	217	28,038.6	222.0		28,260.6
Mississippi	24	5,710.0	549.0		6,259.0
Missouri	27	1,801.0			1,801.0
Montana	18	3,963.4			3,963.4
Nebraska	10	948.0			948.0
Nevada	23	898.0	755.0	291.0	1,944.0
New Jersey	6	36.0	365.0		401.0
New Mexico	20	568.1	200.0		768.1
New York	6	61.0	437.0		498.0
North Carolina	68	11,940.0	279.6	641.0	12,860.6
North Dakota	92	18,756.0	40.0		18,796.0
Oklahoma	15	2,366.0			2,366.0
Oregon	96	6,234.1	5,226.4	3,582.0	15,042.5
Puerto Rico	67		427.0	24.0	451.0
Rhode Island	1	1.0	50.0		51.0
South Carolina	113	13,663.2	981.0		14,644.2
South Dakota	29	4,429.0			4,429.0
Texas	64	45,635.7	91.5		45,727.2
Utah	2	1,300.0			1,300.0
Virginia	5	190.0	158.0	1,450.0	1,798.0
Washington	68	1,929.0	784.0	858.0	3,571.0
Wisconsin	78	5,340.5	2,224.0		7,564.5
Total	1,682	266,356.7	18,827.4	10,978.5	296,162.6

Other Acres = Acres treated by a method other than prescribed fire or mechanical.

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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.