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Chapter 2: Current and Historical
Trends in Use, Management and Disturbance of United States Forest
Lands-English Unit Data
by Richard A. Birdsey & George M. Lewis
Table 18a. Average area of forest
land damaged by wildfire, by region and state of the conterminous
U.S., 1916-19971.
| Section, |
1916
|
1939
|
1954
|
1964
|
1978
|
1988
|
| region, and
state |
to 1938
|
to 1953
|
to 1963
|
to 1977
|
to 1987
|
to 1997
|
|
(thousand ac/yr)
|
| North |
|
| Northeast |
|
|
Connecticut |
20.9
|
5.2
|
2.2
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
1.2
|
|
Delaware |
4.7
|
1.1
|
0.3
|
0.5
|
1.6
|
0.8
|
|
Maine |
25.3
|
29.5
|
5.7
|
5.7
|
3.3
|
2.0
|
|
Maryland |
27.9
|
13.3
|
2.4
|
3.1
|
10.9
|
4.4
|
|
Massachusetts |
29.7
|
15.7
|
10.2
|
12.6
|
8.3
|
5.8
|
|
New Hampshire |
6.6
|
7.2
|
1.4
|
0.8
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
|
New Jersey |
64.9
|
23.9
|
36.1
|
18.1
|
7.8
|
6.8
|
|
New York |
30.8
|
21.5
|
13.4
|
9.8
|
14.3
|
3.7
|
|
Pennsylvania |
155.8
|
54.5
|
26.7
|
15.5
|
8.2
|
5.6
|
|
Rhode Island |
6.0
|
6.3
|
0.9
|
1.6
|
0.5
|
0.2
|
|
Vermont |
2.6
|
1.8
|
0.5
|
0.6
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
|
West Virginia |
85.6
|
159.9
|
59.1
|
79.9
|
85.6
|
55.5
|
| Total |
460.8
|
340.1
|
158.9
|
150.9
|
144.1
|
87.1
|
|
|
| North Central |
|
|
Illinois |
35.0
|
88.8
|
13.7
|
14.2
|
2.8
|
5.1
|
|
Indiana |
43.1
|
27.3
|
8.1
|
10.8
|
3.1
|
7.0
|
|
Iowa |
0.0
|
1.0
|
0.6
|
12.1
|
5.7
|
6.1
|
|
Michigan |
189.8
|
23.3
|
7.1
|
26.1
|
9.2
|
4.7
|
|
Minnesota |
290.2
|
68.6
|
72.0
|
95.9
|
51.1
|
59.1
|
|
Missouri |
270.3
|
804.2
|
385.9
|
293.5
|
55.7
|
65.2
|
|
Ohio |
14.7
|
17.5
|
7.1
|
7.6
|
16.2
|
4.2
|
|
Wisconsin |
156.4
|
10.9
|
17.7
|
17.4
|
8.0
|
4.5
|
| Total |
999.4
|
1,041.6
|
512.3
|
477.5
|
151.9
|
155.9
|
| North Total |
1,460.2
|
1,381.7
|
671.2
|
628.4
|
296.0
|
242.9
|
|
|
| South |
|
| Southeast |
|
|
Florida |
8,639.6
|
6,021.8
|
1,710.6
|
769.6
|
223.5
|
218.2
|
|
Georgia |
3,205.4
|
2,064.0
|
254.5
|
74.7
|
56.1
|
37.2
|
|
North Carolina |
560.7
|
398.9
|
228.1
|
104.4
|
71.0
|
27.1
|
|
South Carolina |
1,383.5
|
615.5
|
68.3
|
75.3
|
43.0
|
30.6
|
|
Virginia |
209.0
|
71.3
|
14.0
|
14.5
|
13.1
|
6.9
|
| Total |
13,998.2
|
9,171.5
|
2,275.5
|
1,038.5
|
406.7
|
320.0
|
|
|
| South Central |
|
|
Alabama |
1,900.4
|
970.8
|
162.7
|
186.3
|
162.5
|
62.6
|
|
Arkansas |
1,830.6
|
789.9
|
141.8
|
130.5
|
61.4
|
33.9
|
|
Kentucky |
211.2
|
524.4
|
224.7
|
74.2
|
127.3
|
41.8
|
|
Louisiana |
1,525.7
|
733.4
|
111.3
|
119.0
|
75.9
|
53.7
|
|
Mississippi |
4,715.8
|
3,086.3
|
366.9
|
127.1
|
118.0
|
64.9
|
|
Oklahoma |
1,139.3
|
2,682.0
|
452.6
|
453.5
|
161.4
|
115.5
|
|
Tennessee |
351.3
|
628.1
|
56.6
|
51.3
|
50.3
|
27.3
|
|
Texas |
828.1
|
1,184.7
|
79.2
|
260.8
|
795.0
|
50.8
|
| Total |
12,502.3
|
10,599.8
|
1,595.7
|
1,402.8
|
1,551.8
|
450.5
|
|
South Total |
26,500.5
|
19,771.3
|
3,871.2
|
2,441.2
|
1,958.5
|
770.4
|
|
|
| Intermountain
and |
|
| Great Plains |
|
| Rocky Mountains |
|
|
Arizona |
9.8
|
19.0
|
26.9
|
59.7
|
91.2
|
121.4
|
|
Colorado |
1.9
|
8.4
|
15.0
|
16.5
|
28.1
|
46.2
|
|
Idaho |
162.3
|
107.0
|
78.9
|
178.4
|
223.1
|
316.7
|
|
Montana |
80.1
|
36.6
|
14.1
|
42.0
|
64.3
|
162.6
|
|
Nevada |
1.7
|
19.7
|
12.1
|
50.0
|
154.4
|
127.9
|
|
New Mexico |
14.8
|
30.1
|
11.0
|
51.9
|
35.6
|
202.4
|
|
Utah |
3.4
|
23.8
|
17.4
|
37.1
|
109.8
|
127.5
|
|
Wyoming |
6.1
|
6.8
|
4.4
|
29.1
|
27.0
|
239.8
|
| Total |
279.9
|
251.5
|
179.9
|
464.7
|
733.4
|
1,344.5
|
|
|
| Great Plains |
|
|
Kansas |
0.0
|
0.0
|
92.2
|
231.1
|
54.9
|
167.1
|
|
Nebraska |
1.9
|
0.5
|
3.3
|
103.3
|
30.4
|
63.6
|
|
North Dakota |
0.9
|
3.9
|
3.5
|
4.2
|
12.9
|
28.2
|
|
South Dakota |
7.4
|
14.7
|
4.6
|
36.2
|
52.7
|
38.7
|
| Total |
10.2
|
19.1
|
103.6
|
374.8
|
150.8
|
297.6
|
| Intermountain
and |
|
| Great Plains
Total |
290.1
|
270.6
|
283.5
|
839.6
|
884.3
|
1,642.1
|
|
|
| Pacific Coast |
|
| Pacific Northwest |
|
|
Alaska |
0.0
|
389.3
|
721.1
|
872.9
|
189.3
|
901.6
|
|
Oregon |
177.9
|
79.6
|
36.1
|
64.9
|
159.6
|
136.9
|
|
Washington |
197.6
|
52.8
|
19.4
|
43.2
|
18.4
|
63.2
|
| Total |
375.5
|
521.6
|
776.6
|
981.1
|
367.3
|
1,101.8
|
|
|
| Pacific Southwest |
|
|
California |
562.0
|
393.2
|
217.4
|
294.1
|
331.0
|
275.6
|
|
Hawaii |
0.1
|
3.3
|
4.1
|
14.5
|
15.3
|
11.7
|
| Total |
562.1
|
396.6
|
221.5
|
308.7
|
346.3
|
287.4
|
| Pacific Coast
Total |
937.6
|
918.2
|
998.1
|
1,289.7
|
713.6
|
1,389.2
|
| United States Total |
29,188.4
|
22,341.8
|
5,824.0
|
5,199.0
|
3,852.4
|
4,044.6
|
| 1From USDA Forest Service reports. Estimate for Alaska unavailable
for earliest period. |
Users of these tables are kindly requested
to cite their source:
Birdsey, Richard A.; Lewis, George M. 2002. Current and Historical
Trends in Use,
Management and Disturbance of United States Forest Lands. IN: Kimble,
John et al. (eds.),
The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate
the Greenhouse Effect.
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. XXX p.
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