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1997 Fire Season Statistics
Fire Activity by Protection Agency
| STATE PROTECTION |
# of Fires |
Acres |
| Delta |
22 |
1,501.3 |
| Fairbanks |
180 |
6,955.5 |
| Haines |
5 |
23.3 |
| Kenai-Kodiak |
80 |
14,246.5 |
| Mat-Su |
149 |
155.9 |
| Southwest |
119 |
1,015,274.6 |
| Tok |
28 |
20,742.3 |
| Valdez-Copper R. |
29 |
11.5 |
| Total |
612 |
1,058,910.9 |
| FEDERAL PROTECTION |
# Fires |
Acres |
| US Forest Service |
33 |
87.3 |
| BLM-Galena Zone |
52 |
880,825.9 |
| BLM-Tanana Zone |
54 |
42,551.5 |
| BLM-Upper Yukon Zone |
22 |
44,523.7 |
| Total |
161 |
967,988.4 |
| STATEWIDE TOTALS |
Fires: |
773 |
Acres: |
2,026,899.3 |
Fire Activity by Landowner
| LANDOWNER |
# of Fires |
Acres |
| Borough/City |
4.1 |
4.1 |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs |
9 |
37.8 |
| Bureau of Land Mgt. |
68 |
955,375.4 |
| Fish & Wildlife Service |
55 |
757,947.5 |
| Forest Service |
13 |
32.7 |
| Military |
16 |
3,473.2 |
| National Park Service |
15 |
19,345.1 |
| Native Claims Act Lands |
61 |
6,333.9 |
| Private |
331 |
635.0 |
| State |
179 |
283,713.7 |
| Total |
773 |
2,026,899.3 |
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