Idaho Department of Lands: 2004 Calendar Year-End Fire Report

About the Calendar Year 2004
Year-End Fire Report...

The following is an excerpt from the Idaho Department of Lands Year-End Fire Report Calendar Year 2004

Season in Review

Even under the effects of a multiple year drought, the 2004 fire season was below average in terms of fire occurrence and acreage burned. On lands for which the Idaho Department of Lands, Clearwater-Potlatch Timber Protective Association and Southern Idaho Timber Protective Association provide wildland fire protection, fire fighters responded to 292 fires (67 percent of average). These fires burned 1,852 acres, which is 20 percent of average.

Quick response by dedicated teams of fire fighters kept 94 percent of these fires below ten acres.

Human activity ignited 87 fires (30%) and accounted for 83% of the burned area, for 1,546 acres. Debris burning started the most person-caused fires and burned the most area. Miscellaneous was the most expensive human-caused category. Lightning started 205 fires (70% of the year's total) and burned 306 acres or 17% of the total area.

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			2004 Calendar Year End Fire Report

		About the Calendar Year 2004 Year-End Fire Report... The following is an excerpt from the Idaho Department of Lands Year-End Fire Report Calendar Year 2004 Season in Review Even under the effects of a multiple year drought, the 2004 fire season was below average in terms of fire occurrence and acreage burned. On lands for which the Idaho Department of Lands, Clearwater-Potlatch Timber Protective Association and Southern Idaho Timber Protective Association provide wildland fire protection, fire fighters responded to 292 fires (67 percent of average). These fires burned 1,852 acres, which is 20 percent of average. Quick response by dedicated teams of fire fighters kept 94 percent of these fires below ten acres. Human activity ignited 87 fires (30%) and accounted for 83% of the burned area, for 1,546 acres. Debris burning started the most person-caused fires and burned the most area. Miscellaneous was the most expensive human-caused category. Lightning started 205 fires (70% of the year's total) and burned 306 acres or 17% of the total area. Click here for a printer-friendly version (PDF) of the complete 2004 Year End Report

Above: Photo by Rusty Eck - CPTPA

Above: Jenny Mercado (Cataldo) on assignment at Chatanika, Alaska


Hidden Ridge Fire - Photo by Dan Brown (Mica)

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2004 Calendar Year End Fire Report

Season in Review