National Interagency Fire Center

Lightning Fires (by Geographic Area)
Year	Alaska	Northwest	Northern California	Southern California	Northern Rockies	Eastern Great Basin	Western Great Basin	Southwest	Rocky Mountains	Eastern Area	Southern Area	Total
2007	201	1,486	574	291	1,363	1,434	463	1,869	1,672	330	2,578	12,261
2006	54	2,170	948	409	1,970	2,259	943	3,220	2,479	256	1,457	16,165
2005	311	901	186	272	748	1,345	536	1,935	1,398	175	516	8,323
2004	270	2,042	670	323	1,090	1,760	781	2,062	1,340	88	958	11,384
2003	72	1,605	966	428	1,921	2,004	569	2,702	1,918	102	489	12,776
2002	165	1,797	301	179	1,130	1,602	556	2,469	2,039	372	825	11,435
2001	29	159	2,238	832	1,041	2,405	1,697	2,298	2,114	889	392	14,094
Lightning Acres (by Geographic Area)
Year	Alaska	Northwest	Northern California	Southern California	Northern Rockies	Eastern Great Basin	Western Great Basin	Southwest	Rocky Mountains	Eastern Area	Southern Area	Total
2007	466,010	618,879	55,394	43,614	846,734	2,122,801	844,114	77,195	76,502	19,302	708,146	5,878,691
2006	118,974	843,984	174,654	24,232	1,040,398	966,164	1,301,924	368,626	449,089	35,020	145,836	5,468,901
2005	4,431,965	122,131	25,417	79,450	75,450	766,114	988,303	571,734	37,857	1,834	67,982	7,168,062
2004	6,506,028	64,460	3,689	8,333	14,845	75,551	25,927	239,619	16,921	309	55,341	7,011,023
2003	537,239	234,331	45,624	4,812	744,150	172,958	12,418	148,384	93,354	125	45,048	2,038,443
2002	1,749,344	988,527	42,688	15,661	98,402	223,304	48,263	345,694	428,510	1,670	155,530	4,097,593
2001	10,039	394	185,212	135,689	137,455	507,190	62,309	190,667	6,453	41,209	545,983	1,822,600
Human Caused Fires (by Geographic Area)
Year	Alaska	Northwest	Northern California	Southern California	Northern Rockies	Eastern Great Basin	Western Great Basin	Southwest	Rocky Mountains	Eastern Area	Southern Area	Total
2007	247	2,346	3,093	5,140	2,005	1,048	425	1,730	1,876	12,453	43,083	73,446
2006	254	2,666	3,676	3,166	2,303	943	331	2,511	2,968	14,227	47,175	80,220
2005	296	1,924	3,010	3,781	1,183	813	262	3,287	1,940	13,014	28,920	58,430
2004	426	1,901	3,613	3,845	1,883	526	173	1,491	704	11,781	27,758	54,101
2003	379	2,370	3,795	3,929	1,970	944	227	1,657	4,214	14,851	16,479	50,815
2002	378	2,148	3,789	4,060	1,665	730	215	2,668	2,118	12,857	31,394	62,022
2001	320	18,743	1,060	4,099	1,801	2,160	770	34,605	4,135	2,096	277	70,066
Human Caused Acres (by Geographic Area)
2007	59,007	244,335	153,154	855,978	237,835	288,627	46,057	90,660	85,442	230,750	1,157,515	3,449,360
2006	147,292	112,098	146,999	342,864	126,078	278,288	46,947	392,892	209,693	115,171	2,486,522	4,404,844
2005	8,184	219,012	37,658	61,728	53,616	187,248	43,811	267,043	48,356	85,589	509,082	1,521,327
2004	17,789	58,178	146,720	84,075	23,585	13,636	13,864	63,062	35,346	101,089	407,456	964,800
2003	22,093	126,381	96,415	653,016	137,309	182,916	5,161	127,332	87,823	235,391	248,412	1,922,249
2002	427,321	105,544	39,560	412,447	65,891	101,986	29,288	772,299	661,679	104,900	356,204	3,077,119
2001	206,844	196,226	114,996	101,240	29,981	98,677	75,483	761,605	85,744	20,229	57,636	1,748,661


* Source: National Interagency Coordination Center (lightning and human caused fires and acres began in 2001)

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