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2010 DNRC Fire Statistics

(Updated April 11, 2011)

All Fires in Montana with 10 year averages
DNRC Summary Stats
DNRC Multi-jurisdiction Fires
IA Summary
Fires by Cause
# Large Fires in MT
DNRC Summary by Land Office
County Assist & Cost Share Fires
 
10-year History Stats 2001 - 2010
Graph - # of Fires
Graph - Human Caused
Graph - Acres
# Incidents - 10 years
Summary Fire History

 

All fires from all Agencies in Montana
10 Year Average
Total Fires
2001 1,488
2002 1,415
2003 2,326
2004 1,447
2005 1,316
2006 2,302
2007 1,875
2008 1,424
2009 1,731
2010 1,050
Average = 1,489


DNRC Helicopter at CAT Camp 2010
County Assistance Team
Spring Training
Total Acres
2001 143,651
2002 111,821
2003
736,809
2004
18,445
2005
103,294
2006
1,047,118
2007
778,079
2008
166,842
2009 48,912
2010 57,010
Average = 321,198
Reference = NRCC Fire Information; Historical Fires/Acres by State

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Compare Large Fires in Montana with Large Fires in DNRC Protection

Large fires are those in excess of 200 acres

In Montana
2000 101
2001 31
2002 41
2003 91
2004 15
2005 31
2006 70
2007 57
2008 29
2009 21
2010 20

Digging Fireline at CAT Camp 2010
In DNRC Protection
2000 28
2001 8
2002 9
2003 40
2004 9
2005 13
2006 44
2007 39
2008 16
2009 3
2010 5
Digging fireline at CAT Camp 2010

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DNRC 2010 Summary Statistics
96 False Alarms

DNRC Helicopters at Stump Gulch Fire Helibase 2010 Helibase at Stump Gulch Fire 2010
42 Mutual Aid Fires
Direct Protection
249 fires
883 acres
94% @ <10 acres
County Coop
11 fires
39,232 acres

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DNRC 2010 Statistics by Land Office

Stump Gulch Fire 2010

Stump Gulch Fire 2010
Land Office # Fires

Acres
CES 37 435
NWS 96 164
SWS 116 283
EAS 0 0
NES 5 29,022
SOS 6 10,211
Totals 260 40,115

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DNRC 2010 Statistics Fires that burned on Multiple Jurisdictions
Number of Cost Share Fires
 Acres Are DNRC Protection Only
0
 0
Stump Gulch Fire 2010

Stump Gulch Fire 2010

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2010 Direct Protection Initial Attack Summary
False alarms responses not included
Fire Size Class   # Fires Total Acres
0.01 acres to 0.25 acres A 173 16
0.26 acres to 9.90 acres B 61 103
10.00 acres to 99.90 acres C 13 351
100.00 acres to 299.90 acres D 1 104
300.00 acres to 999.90 acres E 1 309
1000.00 acres to 4999.90 acres F 0 0
5000.00 acres and larger G 0 0
Total   249 883
94% of Direct protection fires were suppressed @ 10 acres or less
DNRC goal is 95% of fires suppressed @ 10 acres or less


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2010 County Coop Summary
Fire Size Class   # Fires Total Acres
0.01 acres to 0.25 acres A 0 0
0.26 acres to 9.90 acres B 2 7
10.00 acres to 99.90 acres C 4 149
100.00 acres to 299.90 acres D 2 364
300.00 acres to 999.90 acres E 1 945
1000.00 acres to 4999.90 acres F 0 0
5000.00 acres and larger G 2 37,768
Total   11 39,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2010 Summary of Direct Protection, County Protection Fires and False Alarms
Cause # Fires Total Acres
Lightning 63 28,416.3
Arson 2 0.6
Campfire 34 20.3
Debris Burning 84 318.7
Equipment 11 6.6
Miscellaneous 41 10,279.7
Powerline 14 946.2
Railroad 5 6.7
Smoking 6 120.2
False Alarms 97 0
Mutual Aid 18 N/A
Total Incidents 375 40,115.3
40% Lightning caused fires (excluding false alarms)
60% Human caused fires (excluding false alarms)

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Num Fires Bar Chart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Num Acres Bar Chart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Human Caused Fires Pie Chart


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Fire History 2001-2010
# Fires over 10 year period 3,728
Average number of fires per year 373
Total Acres 1,057,794
Percentage of Fires by Jurisdiction
Direct Protection 90%
County Assists 10%
Human Caused 57%

 

 

 

 

 


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Direct & County Fire Incidents
2001-2010
  Number of Fires Number of Acres
Total 3,728 1,057,794
Average 373 10,779
By Year
2001 334 16,758
2002 322 28,393
2003 567 168,115
2004 331 10,712
2005 240 16,062
2006 474 468,165
2007 504 160,024
2008 340 138,918
2009 358 6,924
2010 260 40,115

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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