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Table 24--Acres of
State and private lands burned--calendar year 1997
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State,
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Commonwealth,
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Lightning
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Person-caused
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Total
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Acres
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or Territory
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fires
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fires
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fires
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burned
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Number
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Number
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Number
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Number
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Alabama
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12
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2,988
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3,000
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23,933
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Alaska
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141
|
421
|
562
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1,058,911
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Arizona
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87
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347
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434
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4,426
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Arkansas
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34
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1,233
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1,267
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13,925
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California
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251
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6,552
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6,803
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61,562
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Colorado
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169
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1,436
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1,605
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16,703
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Connecticut
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1
|
88
|
89
|
611
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Delaware
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2
|
40
|
42
|
515
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Florida
|
525
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3,502
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4,027
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146,146
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Georgia
|
182
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7,220
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7,402
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22,483
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Guam
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0
|
516
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516
|
934
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Hawaii
|
2
|
67
|
69
|
378
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Idaho
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121
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133
|
254
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13,241
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Illinois
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0
|
296
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296
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1,078
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Indiana
|
6
|
843
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849
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2,426
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Iowa
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6
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2,551
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2,557
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4,261
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Kansas
|
166
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5,003
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5,169
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75,110
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Kentucky
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0
|
913
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913
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14,475
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Louisiana
|
10
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1,953
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1,963
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14,254
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Maine
|
31
|
628
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659
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910
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Maryland
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22
|
534
|
556
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1,833
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Massachusetts
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10
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3,799
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3,809
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4,457
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Michigan
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16
|
487
|
503
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2,066
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Minnesota
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13
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1,850
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1,863
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17,065
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Mississippi
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10
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2,169
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2,179
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23,801
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Missouri
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11
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2,351
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2,362
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19,142
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Montana
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364
|
214
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578
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3,430
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Nebraska
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84
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1,099
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1,183
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23,458
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Nevada
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27
|
48
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75
|
418
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New Hampshire
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14
|
712
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726
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348
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New Jersey
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25
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1,523
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1,548
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4,928
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New Mexico
|
154
|
457
|
611
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132,790
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New York
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16
|
294
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310
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1,218
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North Carolina
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124
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4,412
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4,536
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15,734
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North Dakota
|
73
|
718
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791
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16,503
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Ohio
|
5
|
952
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957
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4,698
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Oklahoma
|
7
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1,374
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1,381
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34,552
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Oregon
|
266
|
550
|
816
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1,661
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Pennsylvania
|
27
|
940
|
967
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4,022
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Puerto Rico
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
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Rhode Island
|
1
|
113
|
114
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120
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South Carolina
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34
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3,170
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3,204
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21,729
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South Dakota
|
36
|
125
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161
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2,564
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Tennessee
|
10
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1,421
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1,431
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12,746
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Texas
|
15
|
635
|
650
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8,446
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Utah
|
198
|
193
|
391
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12,007
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Vermont
|
2
|
142
|
144
|
236
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Virginia
|
38
|
1,204
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1,242
|
5,006
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Washington
|
119
|
538
|
657
|
4,650
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West Virginia
|
3
|
749
|
752
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8,031
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Wisconsin
|
15
|
1,854
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1,869
|
2,600
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Wyoming
|
291
|
447
|
738
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20,016
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Total
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3,776
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71,804
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75,580
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1,886,557
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