32 MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR 94, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 

 FIRE RECORD, NATIONAL FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA 





Total 



number 



of 



fires 



Number 

 of man- 

 caused 

 fires 



Area burned (acres) 1 



Total 

 damage 3 



Cost 



of 



fighting 



fires 



Year 



Govern- 

 ment 



Private 2 



Total 



1920- 



1,338 

 1,196 

 1,028 

 1,372 

 1,932 

 1,915 



697 

 991 

 772 

 722 

 1,184 

 537 



129, 798 

 122, 612 

 190, 001 

 145, 287 

 401, 221 

 51, 209 



34, 659 

 23, 968 

 26,054 

 33, 762 

 360, 931 

 47, 775 



164,457 

 146, 580 

 216, 055 

 179, 049 

 762, 152 

 98, 984 



$177, 967 

 34, 443 

 188, 646 

 71, 965 

 1,251,911 

 99, 019 



$159, 535 



1921 - 



137, 264 

 189, 008 



1922. 



1923. 



151, 666 

 1, 191, 271 



1924. 



1925- 



207, 929 







6-year average 



1,463 



817 



173, 354 



87,858 



261, 212 



303, 992 



339, 445 







1 Includes timbered and brush areas. 



2 Includes private lands burned over both inside and adjacent to national forests. 



3 Exclusive of damage to watersheds, wild life, and recreational resources. Does not include damage 

 to private lands outside national forests. 



PHOTO BY R. E. STINSON 



MOUNT SHASTA (14,380 FEET) "THE QUEEN OF THE SISKIYOUS " 



This magnificent snow-capped peak in the Shasta National Forest is the most beautiful 

 mountain in California and the lodestone of recreationists 



