Table 38 .--Acreage burned by fuel types on lands protected by 3ureau of Land L'anageoent , 



1950-58 



Year Place Vegetative cover type 



Forest Brush Grass Other 



1950 



Alaska 



568,123 



1,353,693 



47,268 



88,733 



2,057,817 





Other s tates 



16 , 353 



35 , 552 



26 , 921 



1 



78 , 827 



1951 



Alaska 



92,791 



88,589 



1,312 



37,002 



219,694 





Other states 



17,157 



58 ,185 



49 , 506 





124,848 



1952 



Alaska 



14,599 



8,166 



4,776 



45,260 



73,801 





Other states 



8 , 561 



56 ,562 



32,068 



32 



97,223 



1953 



Alaska 



284,575 



113,916 



5,415 



62,842 



466,748 





Other states 



17,031 



46 , 363 



33,858 





107,252 



1954 



Alaska 



354,817 



333,890 



84,588 



616,625 



1,389,920 





Other states 



12, 966 



75 , 380 



29 ,001 





117,347 



1955 



Alaska 



12,066 



11,353 



4,102 



9,711 



37,232 





Other states 



2 , 702 



25,489 



23, 610 



34 



51 ,835 



1956 



Alaska 



86,075 



6 , Oil 



9 , 942 



374, 514 



476 , 542 





Other states 



9,707 



19,876 



7,813 



55 



37,451 



iyo / 



Alaska 





W f , D(Cl 





O n*7R CAR 



c,U / D, boO 



C\ 'A A 





Other states 



Q 1 OR 



y , 10 D 



± (V , /CO 1 



1 on 'j a n 





OUi? , <sX<c 



1958 



Alaska 



204,454 



28,973 



11,874 



70,559 



315,860 





Other states 



18 , 849 



238,527 



281,183 



79 , 377 



61 7 , 936 







Average 



acreage burned 



by fuel t 



ype. 





1950- 



Alaska 



453,219 



270,246 



20,011 



375,654 



1,119,130 



1958 



Other states 



12,501 



81,802 



68 ,189 



8 ,833 



171 , 325 





Total Average 



465 , 720 



352,048 



88,200 



384,487 



1,290,455 







Percent of 



acreage burned by fuel 



type 





1950- 



Alaska 



40 



24 



2 



34 



i: i 



1958 



Other states 



7 



48 



40 



5 



100 



Source: Annual Reports of the Director, Bureau of Land Management, (Statistical 

 Appendix). 



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