Table 1--Federal and State expenditures for protection(1) from wildfire, total acres protected, total acres 
burned, and acres of timberland burned on non-Federal protected lands(2) In the South for selected 
years 1916-83 
Expenditures Acres 
Total Federal) States) 
Year Current 1982 Current 1982 Current 1982 Total Total Timberland 
dollars dollars(s) dollars dollars(s) dollars dollars(s5) protected burned burned) 
2+ e+e eee -------- (Thousands)- -------------------- ---------(Thousands)- ------- 
1916 12 6 5 (7) 9,892 6,624 
1920 27 10 17 (7) 4,151 2,271 
1925 288 108 180 (7) 23,375 21,325 
1930 1,141 14,818 391 5,078 750 9,740 69,923 2,843 2,747 
1935 1,008 11,200 444 4,933 564 6,267 73,658 1,584 1,514 
1940 2,098 21,629 673 6,938 1,424 14,680 88,351 2,154 2,095 
1945 3,986 33,780 1,417 12,008 2,569 21,771 89,031 1,301 1,204 
1950 9,388 57,595 2,864 17,571 6,524 40,025 135,113 2,704 2,547 
1955 14,661 71,170 3,419 16,597 11,242 54,573 157,296 1,946 1,850 
1960 19,285 78,077 3,833 15,518 15,452 62,559 168,225 1,144 1,093 
1965 25,339 90,174 4,989 17,754 20,350 72,420 183,709 658 557 
1970 40,130 109,049 6,053 16,448 34,077 92,601 185,307 892 724 
1975 59,996 99,003 8,663 14,295 51,333 84,708 218,582 613 469 
1980 76,837 88,932 6,437 7,450 70,400 81,481 232,251 912 747 
1981 90,820 96,310 5,461 5,791 85,359 90,519 232,651 1,784 1,405 
1982 94,959 94,959 3,630 3,630 91,329 91,329 233,255 574 464 
1983 88,997 87,855 3,638 3,591 85,359 84,264 233,255 334 279 
(1) All fire protection activities: prevention, other presuppression, suppression, fuels reduction or modification and assistance to rural 
communities. 
(2) Non-Federal protected lands are forest industry, other private, and State and local government lands under the jurisdiction of State 
fire protection programs. Some Federal lands protected by these programs may be included. 
(3) All Federal expenditures for administration, technical assistance, cooperative projects, grants to States, and the value of Federal 
property given or loaned to States. 
(4) State expenditures as reported to the Forest Service. State expenditures start from the year each State established its cooperative 
program: 1915-NC, VA; 1916-TX; 1918-LA; 1921-TN; 1924-AL; 1925-GA; 1926-MS, OK; 1927-SC; 1928-FL; 1933-AR. 
(5) Converted to 1982 dollars by dividing the expenditures in current dollars by the implicit price deflators for gross national product 
for total Federal Government purchases of goods and services through 1971 and for nondefense Federal Government purchases 
of goods and services for 1972-83, as reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. There is no 
implicit price deflator for gross national product for years prior to 1929. 
(6) Timberland data available from 1926 to present; prior to 1926 acres burned are for “forest land" with no distinction made between 
timberland and other forest land. 
(7) Data not available. 
Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 
