Table 44 .--Estimated damage from forest fires on lands protected by Bureau of Lar.d Management, 1950-58 



Year 



Place 



Tangible damage 





Intangible datnaf 





Total 



Timber 



Brush 



Grass 





Other 





1950 



Alaska 



$3,289,979 



$1,488,183 



$976,367 





$2,000,000 





$7,754,529 





Other states 



52 , 507 



115 , 470 



66,924 





1 , 882 





236,783 



1951 



Alaska 



425 ,420 



160,000 



192,747 





10,000 





788,167 





Other states 



429,210 



214,161 



154,371 





3,384 





801,126 



1952 



Alaska 



73 , 472 



14,538 



6,728 





35,256 





129 , 994 





Other states 



212,017 



272,158 



128,218 









612 , 393 



1953 



Alaska 



876,571 



150,955 



7,424 





82,902 





1,117,852 





Other states 



835,889 



214,284 



191,705 





1,972 





1,243,850 







Timber 



Repro- 

 duction 



Forage 



Wate rshed 



Wildlife 



Recrea- 

 tion 





1954 



Alaska 



990,534 



- 



500 



$ 536,418 



' 1,331,965 



$ 1,503 



2,860,920 





Other states 



90 , 881 



12 , 601 



439,467 



1 A C O OA 



14b , ocU 



8 , 384 



- 



698,153 



1955 



Alaska 



6,430 



169 



36 



29,038 



30,587 



15,899 



82,159 





Other states 



6 , 962 



6 , 399 



105,861 



*yJO ,0(0 





1,102 



534,067 



1956 



Alaska 



112,797 



10 



2,216 



328 , 770 



285,838 



847 



730,478 





Other states 



55,418 



21,772 



18,681 



241,487 



11,925 



1,251 



350,534 



1957 



Alaska 



2,508,724 



3,781 



274,808 



2,311,253 



2,506,080 



121,406 



7,726,052 





Other states 



96,178 



10,133 



162,600 



3,045,114 



13,191 



515 



3,327,731 



1958 



Alaska 



403,892 



2,452 



58,846 



355,304 



312 , 645 



307,997 



1,441,136 





Other states 



57,266 



6,430 



328,137 



3.635,495 



71 , 977 



4,695 



3,104,000 



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



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