Year-End Fire Report Calendar Year 2005

Idaho Department of Lands
Year-End Fire Report
Calendar Year 2005

About the Calendar Year 2005 Year-End Fire Report...

The following is an excerpt from the Idaho Department of Lands Year-End Fire Report
Calendar Year 2005

Season in Review

Even under the effects of a multiple-year drought, the 2005 fire season was below average in terms of fire occurrence. 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 228 fires (55 percent of average). These fires burned 10,868 acres, which is 117 percent of average.

Quick response by dedicated teams of firefighters kept 91 percent of these fires below 10 acres.

Human activity ignited 151 fires (66 percent) and accounted for 56 percent of the burned area or 6,078 acres. Debris burning started the most person-caused fires, but arson burned the most area. Arson was also the most expensive human-caused category. Lightning started 77 fires (34 percent of the year’s total) and burned 4,790 acres, or 44 percent of the total area.

The average fire size was 48 acres, which is 194 percent of average, the second highest in 21 years. The median fire size was 0.25 acres. That is the first time it exceeded 0.1 acres in 21 years.

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						2005 Fire Statistics

					Idaho Department of Lands Year-End Fire Report Calendar Year 2005 About the Calendar Year 2005 Year-End Fire Report... The following is an excerpt from the Idaho Department of Lands Year-End Fire Report Calendar Year 2005 Season in Review Even under the effects of a multiple-year drought, the 2005 fire season was below average in terms of fire occurrence. 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 228 fires (55 percent of average). These fires burned 10,868 acres, which is 117 percent of average. Quick response by dedicated teams of firefighters kept 91 percent of these fires below 10 acres. Human activity ignited 151 fires (66 percent) and accounted for 56 percent of the burned area or 6,078 acres. Debris burning started the most person-caused fires, but arson burned the most area. Arson was also the most expensive human-caused category. Lightning started 77 fires (34 percent of the year’s total) and burned 4,790 acres, or 44 percent of the total area. The average fire size was 48 acres, which is 194 percent of average, the second highest in 21 years. The median fire size was 0.25 acres. That is the first time it exceeded 0.1 acres in 21 years. View and print the complete Idaho Department of Lands Year-End Fire Report Calendar Year 2005 (PDF)

	Blackerby Fire - Maggie Creek Supervisory Area

	Long Ruggles Fire - Craig Mountain Supervisory Area

		Justin Muhlhauser (far left), Fire Cache Manager for IDL's Fire Management Bureau, on Hurricane Relief Assignment

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2005 Fire Statistics

Idaho Department of Lands Year-End Fire Report Calendar Year 2005

Season in Review

2005
Fire Statistics

Idaho Department of Lands
Year-End Fire Report
Calendar Year 2005