Table 50 . -- Distance to fires from headquarters at Anchorage or Fairbanks - 



(Av. 1950-58) 



Miles Miles 



Siz6 



0- 



101- 



201- 





Size 



0- 



101- 



201- 





class 



100 



200 



300 



301/ 



class 



100 



200 



300 



300/ 





Lightning 











Other 







A 



2.9 



2.6 



0.6 



0.1 



A 



64.0 



24.7 



6.4 







B 



3.4 



4.8 



1.7 



1.4 



B 



33.2 



12.7 



2.2 



1.3 



C 



3.6 



5.2 



2.8 



1.9 



C 



12.0 



6.1 



2.2 



.4 



D 



.9 



1.9 



.9 



1.7 



D 



3.9 



1.6 



.9 



.7 



ii/ 



2.7 



6.7 



3.8 



1.3 



E 



4.9 



2.1 



1.4 



1.1 





.8 



2.4 



1.1 



.8 



E/ 



.9 



1.6 



.9 



.2 



Total 



14.3 



23.6 



10.9 



7.2 



Total 



118 . 9 



48.8 



14.0 



3.7 



Percent 



26 



42 



19 



13 



Percent 



64 



26 



8 



2 



Action 



A 



66 



1 



25.6 



6 



2 







B 



34 



3 



14.8 



3 



4 



1.7 



C 



14 



2 



8.1 



3 



8 



.9 



D 



4 



2 



2.7 



1 



1 



1.0 



E 



6 



5 



5.8 



2 



4 



1.3 



E/ 



1 



2 



1.9 





9 



.6 



Total 



126 



5 



58.9 



17 



8 



5.5 



Percent 



60 





28 



9 





3 



No-action 



A 



"0 . 9 



1.7 







8 







1 



B 



2.2 



2.7 





4 



1 



1 



C 



1.3 



3.2 



1 



2 



1 



5 



D 



.6 



.8 





7 



1 



3 



E 



1.1 



3.0 



2 



8 



1 



1 



E/ 



.4 



2.1 



1 



1 





4 



Total 



6.5 



13.5 



7 







5 



5 



Percent 



20 



41 



22 





17 





All fires Fires per million acres 



A 



66.9 



27 



2 



7 











1 



A 



2 



03 







42 







12 







01 



B 



36.7 



17 



6 



3 



q 



2 



8 



B 



1 



11 





.26 





.07 





.04 



C 



15.5 



11 



3 



5 







2 



3 



C 





47 





.17 





.09 





.03 



D 



4.8 



3 



4 



1 



8 



2 



3 



D 





14 





05 





03 





.03 



E 



7.6 



8 



8 



5 



2 



2 



4 



E 





23 





.13 





.09 





.04 



E/ 



1.7 



4 







2 







1 







E/ 





05 





.06 





03 





.01 



Total 



133.2 



72 



3 



24 



9 



10 



9 



Total 



4 



03 



1 



.09 





43 





16 



Percent 



55 



30 





10 





5 





Percent 



70 





19 





8 





3 





1/ According to Operations Area in which the fire occurred. 

 2/ 301-10,000 acres 

 3/ Over 10,000 acres 



Source: Occurrence maps from 2,171 individual fire reports, (109 less than 

 official count) 



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