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2000 Fire Season Statistics

Fire Activity by Protection Agency

STATE PROTECTION # of Fires Acres
Delta 10 30.2
Fairbanks 61 5,079.8
Haines 2 2.1
Kenai-Kodiak 51 1,068.4
Mat-Su 108 57.2
Southwest 9 28,940.8
Tok 7 6.1
Valdez-Copper R. 12 12.2
Total 260 35,196.8

FEDERAL PROTECTION # Fires Acres
US Forest Service 19 14.4
BLM-Galena Zone 17 89,876.8
BLM-Tanana Zone 55 615,471.7
BLM-Upper Yukon Zone 18 15,736.5
Total 109 721,099.4

STATEWIDE TOTALS Fires: 369 Acres: 756,296.2

Fire Activity by Protection Agency

LANDOWNER # of Fires Acres
Borough/City 16 3.9
Bureau of Indian Affairs 1 278.5
Bureau of Land Mgt. 13 152,253.0
Fish & Wildlife Service 25 178,989.7
Forest Service 15 1.3
Military 9 2,170.4
National Park Service 34 36,022.4
Native Claims Act Lands 184 44,802.6
Private 63 2,260.4
State 369 339,514.0
Total 756,296.2