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1998 Fire Season Statistics
Fire Activity by Protection Agency
| STATE PROTECTION |
# of Fires |
Acres |
| Delta |
26 |
187.4 |
| Fairbanks |
145 |
141.2 |
| Haines |
10 |
87.0 |
| Kenai-Kodiak |
33 |
19.3 |
| Mat-Su |
77 |
52.9 |
| Southwest |
6 |
22,085.7 |
| Tok |
20 |
41,128.4 |
| Valdez-Copper R. |
21 |
6.5 |
| Total |
338 |
63,708.4 |
| FEDERAL PROTECTION |
# Fires |
Acres |
| US Forest Service |
35 |
124.8 |
| BLM-Galena Zone |
7 |
179.3 |
| BLM-Tanana Zone |
24 |
55,812.2 |
| BLM-Upper Yukon Zone |
9 |
927.1 |
| Total |
75 |
57,043.4 |
| STATEWIDE TOTALS |
Fires: 412 |
Acres: 120,751.8 |
Fire Activity by Landowner
| LANDOWNER |
# of Fires |
Acres |
| Borough/City |
36 |
92.1 |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs |
2 |
.2 |
| Bureau of Land Mgt. |
14 |
1,613.6 |
| Fish & Wildlife Service |
8 |
50.3 |
| Forest Service |
17 |
1.9 |
| Military |
10 |
55,083.2 |
| National Park Service |
3 |
22.0 |
| Native Claims Act Lands |
26 |
692.6 |
| Private |
232 |
129.3 |
| State |
65 |
63,066.6 |
| Total |
413 |
120,751.8 |
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