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Eastern Idaho Wildland Fire Statistics:

Fire Statistics 1980—2008

Total Fires: 4,295
Average number of fires per year:  153

Total acres burned: 1,800,239
Average number of acres burned per year:  64,294

Average percentage of human caused fires:  44%
Average percentage of lightning caused fires:  56%

The following chart is a breakdown of fire causes and acreage burned by year from 1980 to 2008:

Year
 # of Wildland Fire Use Events Total Acres Burned by Wildland Fire Use Events
# of Human Caused Fires
 Total Acres Burned by Human Caused Fires
# of
Lightning Fires
 Total Acres Burned by Lightning Caused Fires
Total # of Wildland Fires
Total Acres
 # of Prescribed Fires Total Acres burned by Prescribed Fire
2008 4 7,915 81 13,069 17 1,524 102 22,508 39 9,203
2007 8 3,731 111 63,182 79 32,604 198 99,517 29 5,606
2006
6
 143
67
11,130
61
297,106
134
308,379
32
5,159
2005 10 2,117 60 29,504 44 14,093 114 45,714
25
4,330
2004
    
50
 881
36
 67
86
948
27
4,308
2003     116 20,294 119 55,753 235 76,047
12
1,733
2002
    
37
 841
63
 730
100
1,570
4
486
2001
    
83
 2,893
140
 10,146
223
13,039
22
2,733
2000
    
72
 14,985
218
 218,291
290
233,276
8
8,220*
1999
    
77
  
91
  
168
228,474
1998
    
51
  
96
  
147
66,619
1997     25   51   76 5,077
1996     89   135   224 249,130
1995     61   69   125 20,498
1994     84   172   256 45,870
1993     30   34   64 480
1992     87   137   224 67,985
1991     54   88   142 28,547
1990     52   76   128 3,237
1989     37   91   128 4,509
1988     99   127   226 56,580
1987     91   45   136 14,625
1986     44   79   123 10,724
1985     75   57   132 10,591
1984     32   27   59 2,629
1983     45   33   78 17,783
1982     40   38   78 6,463
1981     110   120   230 156,164
1980     34   35   69 3,253

* denotes prescribed fire acres which burned as a result of wildfire

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