Table 35 .-- Number of fires by cause on lands protected by Bureau of Land Management , 



1950-58 



Year Place Cause—' Total 







LI 



CF 



S 



DB 



I 



LU 



RR 



MI 





1950 



Alaska 



27 



58 



43 



54 



9 







7 



26 



224 





Other states 



152 



20 



115 



75 



40 



2 



31 



37 



472 



1951 



Alaska 



27 



77 



47 



71 



12 



2 



2 



33 



271 





Other states 



203 



20 



181 



76 



56 



1 



37 



61 



635 



1952 



Alaska 



11 



38 



16 



46 



6 







4 



15 



136 





Other states 



207 



21 



188 



73 



52 



1 



23 



72 



637 



1953 



Alaska 



75 



82 



35 



51 



1 











41 



285 





Other states 



176 



37 



154 



96 



30 



2 



38 



68 



601 



1954 



Alaska 



63 



68 



49 



51 



8 











23 



262 





Other states 



164 



22 



127 



95 



46 



1 



16 



96 



567 



1955 



Alaska 



26 



75 



30 



25 



3 







1 



30 



190 





Other states 



116 



26 



79 



61 



34 



1 



18 



45 



380 



1956 



Alaska 



63 



64 



28 



40 



5 







1 



24 



225 





Other states 



254 



31 



49 



78 



46 



1 



28 



84 



571 



1957 



Alaska 



164 



85 



30 



78 



11 



2 



2 



31 



403 





Other state's 



272 



20 



140 



97 



36 



2 



74 



186 



827 





Alaska 



yo 



I 



27 



54 



9 







U 





O Q A 





Other states 



449 



37 



185 



121 



83 



2 



43 



155 



1,075 









Ave rag 



e number of fires by 



cause 









1950- 



Alaska 



61 



70 



34 



52 



7 



0.4 



0.2 



28 



253 



i y do 



Other states 



OCT 



26 



136 



86 



47 



2 



34 



8y 



641 









Perc 



entage 



of fire 



)S by cause 









1950- 



Alaska 



24 



27 



13 



21 



3 



0/ 



1 



11 



100 



1958 



Other states 



35 



4 



21 



14 



7 



0/ 



5 



14 



100 



1/ 



LI - Lightning; 



CF 



- Campfires; 



S - Smokers; 



DB - 



De bris 



burning ; 







I - Incendiary; 



LU 



- Lumbering; 



RR - Railroad 



; MI 



- Misc. 







Source: Annual Reports of the Director, BLM (Statistical Appendix). 



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