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NIFC releases year-to-date wildland fire totals

Jul 1, 2002 12:00 PM

The National Interagency Fire Center released the following figures, from Jan. 1 to Aug. 1, listed by state.

State	Fires	Acres	State	Fires	Acres	State	Fires	Acres
Alabama	2,501	35,481	Louisiana	848	20,817	Ohio	148	1,745
Alaska	501	1,080,675	Maine	341	477	Oklahoma	721	26,228
Arizona	2,191	628,677	Maryland	568	3,207	Oregon	1,559	503,444
Arkansas	1,138	12,459	Massachusetts	2,008	1,479	Pennsylvania	42	41
California	4,886	253,136	Michigan	185	812	Rhode Island	102	204
Colorado	1,436	385,871	Minnesota	1,882	61,719	S. Carolina	3,394	29,997
Connecticut	70	119	Mississippi	1,006	16,601	S. Dakota	388	32,239
Delaware	13	1,469	Missouri	85	3,083	Tennessee	1,224	11,808
Florida	2,424	49,545	Montana	799	34,905	Texas	878	21,550
Georgia	5,828	154,870	Nebraska	14	246	Utah	753	230,166
Hawaii	1	3,660	Nevada	533	73,576	Vermont	107	188
Idaho	721	34,502	New Hampshire	250	95	Virginia	1,418	18,454
Illinois	16	50	New Jersey	1,320	3,184	Washington	577	56,197
Indiana	327	1,350	New Mexico	1,477	298,075	W. Virginia	799	8,252
Iowa	5	1,045	New York	180	1,252	Wisconsin	675	1,517
Kansas	18	1,967	N. Carolina	4,884	29,790	Wyoming	281	56,226
Kentucky	869	24,792	N. Dakota	681	41,609	Totals	53,074	4,258,851

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