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NIFC updates year-to-date wildland fire statistics

Sep 1, 2002 12:00 PM

The National Interagency Fire Center released the following figures, from Jan. 1 to Sept. 27, listed by state.

State	Fires	Acres
Alabama	2,994	39,141
Alaska	543	2,191,280
Arizona	2,759	649,729
Arkansas	1,291	14,191
California	6,754	480,333
Colorado	2,031	501,686
Connecticut	101	184
Delaware	13	1,469
Florida	2,475	50,210
Georgia	7,119	159,720
Hawaii	1	3,660
Idaho	1,406	74,666
Illinois	19	66
Indiana	489	1,572
Iowa	5	1,045
Kansas	18	1,967
Kentucky	990	26,279
Louisiana	1,096	22,502
Maine	649	775
Maryland	698	4,602
Massachusetts	2,956	2,595
Michigan	274	962
Minnesota	1,962	62,234
Mississippi	1,006	16,601
Missouri	85	3,092
Montana	1,316	115,972
Nebraska	45	427
Nevada	732	83,361
New Hampshire	424	168
New Jersey	1,717	6,041
New Mexico	1,767	325,436
New York	294	1,747
N. Carolina	5,371	34,100
N. Dakota	695	41,723
Ohio	1577	3,969
Oklahoma	740	27,863
Oregon	2,300	1,012,828
Pennsylvania	529	1,961
Rhode Island	126	211
S. Carolina	3,567	30,943
S. Dakota	531	32,275
Tennessee	1,469	14,993
Texas	1,031	28,906
Utah	1,143	267,709
Vermont	128	214
Virginia	1,645	22,608
Washington	1,143	87,726
W. Virginia	799	8,252
Wisconsin	800	1,611
Wyoming	503	107,374
Totals	67,128	6,568,983

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