Table 2.10—Federal and State expenditures for protection’ from wildfire, total acres protected, total acres burned, and acres of timberland 
burned on non-Federal protected lands? in the South, by region, selected years 1916-83 
Year 
1916 
1920 
1925 
1930 
1935 
1940 
1945 
1950 
1955 
1960 
1965 
1970 
1975 
1980 
1981 
1982 
1983 
87,855 
1916 
1920 
1925 
1930 
1935 
1940 
1945 
1950 
1955 
1960 
1965 
1970 
1975 
1980 
1981 
1982 
1983 
Current 
dollars 
12 
27 
288 
1,141 
1,008 
2,098 
3,986 
9,388 
14,661 
19,285 
25,339 
40,130 
59,996 
76,837 
90,820 
94,959 
88,997 
7 
16 
92 
548 
532 
1,091 
2,167 
5,046 
sy 
10,812 
14,474 
23,531 
37,098 
44,896 
53,904 
53,578 
49,736 
Total 
1982 
dollars? 
14,818 
11,200 
21,629 
33,780 
57,595 
71,170 
78,077 
90,174 
109,049 
99,003 
88,932 
96,310 
94,959 
7,117 
5,911 
11,247 
18,364 
30,957 
37,752 
43,773 
51,509 
63,943 
61,218 
51,963 
57,162 
53,578 
49,098 
Expenditures 
Federal? 
Current 1982 
dollars dollars? 
6 == 
10 — 
108 — 
391 5,078 
444 4,933 
673 6,938 
1,417 12,008 
2,864 17,571 
3,419 16,597 
3,833 15,518 
4,989 17,754 
6,053 16,448 
8,663 14,295 
6,437 7,450 
5,461 5,791 
3,630 3,630 
3,638 3,591 
3 aoe 
Ti == 
40 — 
189 2,455 
242 2,689 
345 3,557 
705 5,975 
1,445 8,865 
1,785 8,665 
1,945 7,874 
2,372 8,441 
2,866 7,788 
4,044 6,673 
3,025 3,501 
2,562 DIAG 
1,700 1,700 
1,724 1,702 
South 
State* 
Current 
dollars 
Thousands 
5 
17 
180 
750 
564 
1,424 
2,569 
6,524 
11,242 
15,452 
20,350 
34,077 
51,333 
70,400 
85,359 
91,329 
85,359 
Southeast 
4 
10 
D2 
359 
290 
746 
1,462 
3,601 
5,992 
8,867 
12,102 
20,665 
33,054 
41,871 
51,342 
51,878 
48,012 
1982 
dollars> 
4,662 
3,222 
7,691 
12,390 
22,092 
29,087 
35,899 
43,068 
56,155 
54,545 
48 462 
54,445 
51,878 
47,396 
Total 
protected 
) 
) 
i 
~ 
69,923 
73,658 
88,351 
89,031 
135,113 
157,296 
168,225 
183,709 
185,307 
218,582 
232,251 
232,651 
233,295 
233,255 
) 
) 
~~ 
~~ 
26,105 
36,175 
39,997 
37,169 
66,329 
76,258 
81,482 
85,357 
92,986 
105,034 
106,039 
106,439 
106,755 
106,755 
Acres 
Total 
burned 
9,892 
4,151 
23,375 
2,843 
1,584 
2,154 
1,301 
2,704 
1,946 
1,144 
658 
892 
613 
912 
1,784 
574 
334 
3,650 
1,748 
9,077 
820 
613 
660 
786 
1,386 
1,415 
308 
249 
287 
337 
258 
923 
247 
98 
Timberland 
burned® 
6,624 
2,271 
21,325 
2,747 
1,514 
2,095 
1,204 
2,547 
1,850 
1,093 
557 
724 
469 
747 
1,405 
464 
279 
3,168 
1,150 
7,286 
736 
566 
606 
715 
1,303 
1,339 
290 
213 
Ae 
DOS 
237 
208 
614 
177 
78 
287 
