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Chapter 2: Current and Historical Trends in Use, Management and Disturbance of United States Forest Lands-Metric 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 Ha/yr)
North
  Northeast
     Connecticut
8.5
2.1
0.9
1.1
1.1
0.5
     Delaware
1.9
0.5
0.1
0.2
0.6
0.3
     Maine
10.2
11.9
2.3
2.3
1.3
0.8
     Maryland
11.3
5.4
1.0
1.2
4.4
1.8
     Massachusetts
12.0
6.4
4.1
5.1
3.3
2.4
     New Hampshire
2.7
2.9
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.3
     New Jersey
26.3
9.7
14.6
7.3
3.1
2.8
     New York
12.5
8.7
5.4
4.0
5.8
1.5
     Pennsylvania
63.0
22.1
10.8
6.3
3.3
2.2
     Rhode Island
2.4
2.6
0.4
0.7
0.2
0.1
     Vermont
1.1
0.7
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
     West Virginia
34.6
64.7
23.9
32.3
34.7
22.5
Total
186.5
137.6
64.3
61.1
58.3
35.2
  North Central
     Illinois
14.2
35.9
5.6
5.7
1.1
2.0
     Indiana
17.4
11.1
3.3
4.4
1.3
2.8
     Iowa
0.0
0.4
0.2
4.9
2.3
2.5
     Michigan
76.8
9.4
2.9
10.6
3.7
1.9
     Minnesota
117.4
27.8
29.2
38.8
20.7
23.9
     Missouri
109.4
325.4
156.2
118.8
22.5
26.4
     Ohio
5.9
7.1
2.9
3.1
6.6
1.7
     Wisconsin
63.3
4.4
7.2
7.0
3.3
1.8
Total
404.5
421.5
207.3
193.2
61.5
63.1
North Total
590.9
559.2
271.6
254.3
119.8
98.3
South
  Southeast
    Florida
3,496.3
2,437.0
692.2
311.4
90.5
88.3
    Georgia
1,297.2
835.3
103.0
30.2
22.7
15.1
    North Carolina
226.9
161.4
92.3
42.2
28.7
11.0
    South Carolina
559.9
249.1
27.7
30.5
17.4
12.4
    Virginia
84.6
28.8
5.7
5.9
5.3
2.8
Total
5,664.9
3,711.6
920.8
420.3
164.6
129.5
  South Central
     Alabama
769.1
392.9
65.8
75.4
65.7
25.3
     Arkansas
740.8
319.7
57.4
52.8
24.8
13.7
     Kentucky
85.5
212.2
90.9
30.0
51.5
16.9
     Louisiana
617.4
296.8
45.1
48.2
30.7
21.7
     Mississippi
1,908.4
1,249.0
148.5
51.4
47.8
26.2
     Oklahoma
461.1
1,085.4
183.2
183.5
65.3
46.7
     Tennessee
142.2
254.2
22.9
20.8
20.4
11.0
     Texas
335.1
479.4
32.1
105.5
321.7
20.6
Total
5,059.5
4,289.6
645.8
567.7
628.0
182.3
    South Total
10,724.4
8,001.2
1,566.6
987.9
792.6
311.8
Intermountain and
  Great Plains
   Rocky Mountains
     Arizona
4.0
7.7
10.9
24.1
36.9
49.1
     Colorado
0.8
3.4
6.1
6.7
11.4
18.7
     Idaho
65.7
43.3
31.9
72.2
90.3
128.2
     Montana
32.4
14.8
5.7
17.0
26.0
65.8
     Nevada
0.7
8.0
4.9
20.2
62.5
51.8
     New Mexico
6.0
12.2
4.4
21.0
14.4
81.9
     Utah
1.4
9.6
7.1
15.0
44.4
51.6
     Wyoming
2.5
2.8
1.8
11.8
10.9
97.0
Total
113.3
101.8
72.8
188.1
296.8
544.1
Great Plains
     Kansas
0.0
0.0
37.3
93.5
22.2
67.6
     Nebraska
0.8
0.2
1.3
41.8
12.3
25.7
     North Dakota
0.4
1.6
1.4
1.7
5.2
11.4
     South Dakota
3.0
5.9
1.9
14.6
21.3
15.7
Total
4.1
7.7
41.9
151.7
61.0
120.4
Intermountain and
Great Plains Total
117.4
109.5
114.7
339.8
357.9
664.5
Pacific Coast
  Pacific Northwest
     Alaska
0.0
157.5
291.8
353.3
76.6
364.9
     Oregon
72.0
32.2
14.6
26.3
64.6
55.4
     Washington
79.9
21.3
7.9
17.5
7.4
25.6
Total
151.9
211.1
314.3
397.0
148.6
445.9
Pacific Southwest
     California
227.4
159.1
88.0
119.0
133.9
111.5
     Hawaii
0.1
1.3
1.7
5.9
6.2
4.7
Total
227.5
160.5
89.6
124.9
140.1
116.3
Pacific Coast Total
379.4
371.6
403.9
521.9
288.8
562.2
    United States Total
11,812.1
9,041.4
2,356.9
2,103.9
1,559.0
1,636.8
1 From 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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