Table 13. Number of fires and acres burned by lightning fires, prescribed fires, man-caused 
fires, and all fires by year within the Everglades National Park, 1948 - 1979. (Includes 
portions of boundary fires.) [From Taylor, 1981.) 
Lightning 
_fires_ 
Prescribed 
_fires_ 
Human-induced 
_fires_ 
— 
Total_ 
Year 
No. 
Acres 
No. 
Acres 
No. 
Acres 
No. 
Acres 
1948 
0 
0 
7 
176 
0 
0 
7 
176 
1949 
1 
1 
1 5 
7,652 
0 
0 
1 6 
7,652 
1950 
0 
0 
1 4 
33,520 
0 
0 
1 4 
33,520 
1951 
9 
43,155 
7 
785 
0 
0 
1 6 
43,840 
1952 
4 
3,023 
1 3 
2,845 
0 
0 
1 7 
5,868 
1953 
1 
1 1 0 
7 
8,971 
0 
0 
8 
9,081 
1 954 
3 
3,247 
3 
1 0 
0 
0 
6 
3,257 
1955 
2 
127 
9 
3,604 
0 
0 
1 1 
3,731 
1956 
7 
2,201 
1 1 
1,556 
0 
0 
1 8 
3,757 
1957 
7 
1,132 
4 
20,082 
0 
0 
1 1 
21,214 
1958 
3 
305 
3 
750 
1 
1 ,500 
7 
2,555 
1959 
4 
480 
1 3 
836 
2 
1,950 
1 9 
3,266 
1960 
5 
75 
6 
1 82 
3 
2,395 
1 4 
2,652 
1961 
3 
54 
1 0 
1 ,861 
0 
0 
1 3 
1,915 
1962 
2 
33 
1 5 
78,257 
1 
28 
1 8 
78,318 
1963 
7 
1,236 
1 2 
1 ,367 
2 
1 ,530 
2 1 
4,133 
1964 
1 
4 
7 
745 
0 
0 
8 
749 
1965 
2 
1,289 
1 
1 
0 
0 
3 
1,290 
1966 
2 
1 5 
2 
2,846 
1 
2,250 
5 
5,1 1 1 
1967 
2 
9 
5 
4 
3 
1,564 
1 0 
1,577 
1968 
5 
434 
6 
432 
4 
1 30 
1 5 
996 
1969 
0 
0 
2 
1,415 
7 
3,1 55 
9 
4,570 
1970 
1 
30 
3 
2,702 
2 
39 
6 
2,771 
1971 
1 
300 
1 5 
2,1 64 
1 9 
1 1,361 
35 
1 3,825 
1972 
29 
1,261 
7 
16,104 
26 
3,718 
62 
21,083 
1973 
1 7 
1,009 
1 1 
3,008 
50 
1 3,607 
78 
16,624 
1974 
1 2 
8,412 
1 5 
67,515 
35 
14,749 
62 
90,676 
1975 
27 
9,724 
1 2 
7,698 
36 
1 1,497 
75 
28,919 
1976 
5 
92 
2 
1 3,485 
1 9 
6,961 
26 
20,538 
1977 
6 
373 
4 
9 
9 
6,078 
1 9 
6,460 
1978 
9 
926 
2 
121 
7 
1,680 
1 8 
2,727 
1979 
1 3 
2,236 
3 
1 9 
1 9 
5,975 
35 
8,230 
Total 
190 
81,293 
246 
280,622 
246 
89,167 
682 
451,082 
Percent 
of total 
28 
1 8 
36 
62 
36 
20 
37 
