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2001 Fire Season Statistics

Fire Activity by Protection Agency

STATE PROTECTION # of Fires Acres
Delta 10 8.5
Fairbanks 62 84,808.0
Haines 3 3.9
Kenai-Kodiak 72 744.8
Mat-Su 106 398.1
Southwest 17 1,008.7
Tok 12 151.9
Valdez-Copper R. 15 2.8
Total 297 87,126.7

FEDERAL PROTECTION # Fires Acres
US Forest Service 10 2,081.6
BLM-Galena Zone 3 1,795.7
BLM-Tanana Zone 6 6,359.2
BLM-Upper Yukon Zone 5 1,357.2
Total 24 11,593.7

STATEWIDE TOTALS Fires: 321 Acres: 98,720.4

Fire Activity by Landowner

LANDOWNER # of Fires Acres
Borough/City 12 4.8
Bureau of Indian Affairs 1 0.1
Bureau of Land Mgt. 2 1084.7
Fish & Wildlife Service 16 1,613.8
Forest Service 3 2,078.3
Military 31 119,394.2
National Park Service 2 6,242.2
Native Claims Act Lands 25 108.1
Private 194 197.8
State 65 87,389.9
Total 351 218,113.9