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2007 DNRC Fire Statistics

(Updated March 19, 2008)

All Fires in Montana with 6 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 1997 - 2007
Graph - # of Fires
Graph - Human Caused
Graph - Acres
# Incidents - 10 years
Summary Fire History

 

All fires from all Agencies in Montana
Comparison of 6 Year Averages with 2007 Statistics
Fires Past 6 years
2002 1,372
2003 2,326
2004 1,447
2005 1,316
2006 2,302
2007 1,875
Average = 1,753


Derby Fire 2006
Acres Past 6 years
2002 110,309
2003 736,809
2004 18,445
2005 103,294
2006 1,047,118
2007 778,079
Average = 403,195

 

 
Derby Fire 2006
  
Reference = NRCC Fire Information; Historical Fires/Acres by State

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Compare Large Fires in Montana with Large Fires in DNRC Protection

In Montana
2002 41
2003 91
2004 15
2005 31
2006 70
2007 57
Lightning Strike
In DNRC Protection
2002 9
2003 40
2004 9
2005 13
2006 44
2007 39

Large fires are those in excess of 200 acres

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DNRC 2007 Summary Statistics
126 False Alarms
Gash Creek Fire 2006

Gash Creek Fire 2006

127 Mutual Aid Fires

Direct Protection
438 fires
85,7221 acres
94% @ <10 acres

County Coop
66 fires
74,302 acres

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DNRC 2007 Statistics by Land Office
Ignition Can
Land Office
Total
Total
 
# Fires
Acres
CES
68
22,588
EAS
30
44,644
NES
2
5,804
NWS
209
16,897
SOS
11
20,214
SWS
184
48,877
Total
504
160,024

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DNRC 2007 Statistics

Fires that burned on Multiple Jurisdictions
# Fires
Acres
Jurisdiction
18
 100,798 Started :
5 on Federal Protection
9 on County Protection
4 on Direct Protection
Acres are DNRC Protection only
Moon Over Passage

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2007 Direct Protection Initial Attack Summary
False alarms responses not included
Fire Size Class
  
# Fires
Total Acres
0.01 acres to 0.25 acres
 A
319
28
0.26 acres to 9.90 acres
 B
91
154
10.00 acres to 99.90 acres
 C
17
607
100.00 acres to 299.90 acres
 D
3
492
300.00 acres to 999.90 acres
 E
2
1,280
1000.00 acres to 4999.90 acres
 F
1
4,532
5000.00 acres and larger
 G
5
78,629
Total
  
438
85,721
94% of Direct protection fires were suppressed @ 10 acres or less
97% of Direct protection fires were suppressed @ 100 acres or less
DNRC GOAL is 95% of fires suppressed @ 10 acres or less

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2007 County Coop Summary

Fire Size Class
# Fires
Total Acres
0.01 acres to 0.25 acres
A
 8
1
0.26 acres to 9.90 acres
B
8
27
10.00 acres to 99.90 acres
C
12
554
100.00 acres to 299.90 acres
D
14
2,532
300.00 acres to 999.90 acres
E
11
5,734
1000.00 acres to 4999.90 acres
F
18
13,327
5000.00 acres and larger
G
5
52,195
Total
66
74,370

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2007 Summary of Direct Protection and County Protection Fires & False Alarms
Cause
# Fires
Total Acres
Lightning
247
93,799
Arson
14
60
Campfire
48
18,030
Debris Burning
50
230
Equipment
30
1,100
Miscellaneous
86
33,111
Powerline
14
2,155
Railroad
9
17
Smoking
6
350
False Alarms
126
0
TOTAL
630
148,852
49% Lightning caused fires (excluding false alarms)
51% Human caused fires (excluding false alarms)

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Number of Fires on State Protected Land

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Acres Burned on State Protected Land

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Human Caused Fires Pie Chart

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Fire History 1997 - 2006
# Fires over 10 year period 3,855
Average number of fires per year 385
Total Acres 1,003,153.0
Percentage of Fires by Jurisdiction
Direct Protection 89%
County Assists 11%
   
Human Caused 49%

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Direct & County Fire Incidents
1997- 2007
Number of Fires
Number of Acres
Total
4359
1,152,001
Average
396
104,728
By Year
1997
204
3,419.5
1998
375
36,588.4
1999
467
87,356.3
2000
541
167,583.8
2001
334
16,757.9
2002
322
28,393.4
2003
567
168,115.1
2004
331
10,711.5
2005
240
16,062.4
2006
474
468,164.5
2007
504
160,024

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