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