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Number of wildland fires and acres affected in 1999 by geographic area.
Updated (12/31/99)

Geographic Area Number of Wildfires Number of Acres
Alaska 482 1,020,440
Northwest (OR, WA) 4,509 125,629
California (northern and southern) 9,899 731,163
Northern Rockies (northern ID, MT, ND) 3,025 201,473
Eastern Great Basin (southern ID, UT, western WY) 2,250 553,015
Western Great Basin (NV) 1,114 1,707,241
Southwest (AZ, NM, west Texas, panhandle of OK) 3,557 126,692
Rocky Mountain (WY, CO, SD, NB, KS) 3,372 106,445
Eastern (MN, IA, MO, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH, WV, PN, NY, MD, NJ, DE, CT, MA, VT, NH, RI, ME) 19,255 127,849
Southern
(OK, eastern TX, AR, LA, MS, TN, KY, VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, FL)		 46,239 962,029

Total United States

93,702 5,661,976

Four-Year Wildland Fire Comparison Statistics
Year-to-Date for the United States

As of 12/31/99 Number of Wildland Fires Number of Acres
1999 93,702 5,661,976
1998 80,956 2,329,568
1997 66,196 2,856,959
1996 96,423 6,062,461

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