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1999 Fire Season Statistics

Fire Activity by Protection Agency

STATE PROTECTION # of Fires Acres
Delta 18 13.4
Fairbanks 118 6,206.2
Haines 4 .4
Kenai-Kodiak 45 98.9
Mat-Su 106 781.1
Southwest 5 643.8
Tok 17 137,954.3
Valdez-Copper R. 20 107.5
Total 333 145,805.6

FEDERAL PROTECTION # Fires Acres
US Forest Service 13 19.5
BLM-Galena Zone 34 109,221.8
BLM-Tanana Zone 66 158,592.2
BLM-Upper Yukon Zone 40 591,788.9
Total 153 859,622.4

STATEWIDE TOTALS Fires: 486 Acres: 1,005,428.0

Fire Activity by Landowner

LANDOWNER # of Fires Acres
Borough/City 25 132.6
Bureau of Indian Affairs 5 786.8
Bureau of Land Mgt. 38 270,222.0
Fish & Wildlife Service 31 165,049.8
Forest Service 7 6.7
Military 9 16,359.1
National Park Service 13 132,871.7
Native Claims Act Lands 45 162,679.0
Private 216 1,452.5
State 97 255,867.8
Total 486 1,005,428.0