ARIZONA WILDFIRES, ACREAGE BURNED SINCE 2000

With BC-CNS-2007 Wildfires

By Cronkite News Service

Here are the number of wildfires and acreage burned by year since 2000, along with the averages since 1990, according to the Arizona State Land Department’s Office of the State Forester:

2007 (through Oct. 17)
Fires: 1,926
Acres: 63,908

2006
Fires: 3,080
Acres: 152,423

2005
Fires: 3,912
Acres: 762,112

2004
Fires: 2,623
Acres: 222,503

2003
Fires: 2,839
Acres: 189,005

2002
Fires: 3,081
Acres: 629,876

2001
Fires: 3,167
Acres: 30,503

2000
Fires: 3,579
Acres: 82,896

ANNUAL AVERAGES SINCE 1990
Fires: 3,382
Acres: 188,582