TABLE OF CONTENTS 2004 Fire Statistics Regional Map ...................................................................................................................... i Regional Activity Summaries Pacific ..................................................................................................................... 1 Southwest ................................................................................................................ 4 Great Lakes-Big River ............................................................................................ 7 Southeast ................................................................................................................. 10 Northeast ................................................................................................................. 14 Mountain-Prairie ..................................................................................................... 17 Alaska ..................................................................................................................... 20 Wildfires Fire Activity Map ..................................................................................................... 24 Number / Acres ....................................................................................................... 25 By State ................................................................................................................... 26 By Refuge Pacific ......................................................................................................... 28 California/Nevada Operations .................................................................... 29 Southwest .................................................................................................... 30 Great Lakes-Big River ................................................................................ 31 Southeast ..................................................................................................... 32 Northeast ..................................................................................................... 34 Mountain-Prairie ......................................................................................... 35 Alaska ......................................................................................................... 36 By Cause ................................................................................................................. 37 By Size Class .......................................................................................................... 37 10-Day Period ......................................................................................................... 38 Treatments (Non-WUI) Activity Map ........................................................................................................... 39 Number / Acres ....................................................................................................... 40 By State ................................................................................................................... 41 By Refuge Pacific ......................................................................................................... 43 CNO ............................................................................................................ 44 Southwest .................................................................................................... 45 Great Lakes-Big River ................................................................................ 47 Southeast ..................................................................................................... 49 Northeast ..................................................................................................... 50 Mountain-Prairie ......................................................................................... 51 Alaska ......................................................................................................... 53 Wildland-Urban Interface Treatments Activity Map ........................................................................................................... 54 Number / Acres ....................................................................................................... 55 By State ................................................................................................................... 56 By Refuge Pacific ......................................................................................................... 58 California/Nevada Operations .................................................................... 59 Southwest .................................................................................................... 60 Great Lakes-Big Rivers............................................................................... 61 Southeast...................................................................................................... 62 Northeast...................................................................................................... 64 Mountain-Prairie.......................................................................................... 65 Alaska.......................................................................................................... 66 2000 - 2004 Statistics Pacific.......................................................................................................... 67 California/Nevada Operation....................................................................... 70 Southwest..................................................................................................... 73 Great Lakes-Big Rivers............................................................................... 76 Southeast...................................................................................................... 79 Northeast...................................................................................................... 82 Mountain-Prairie.......................................................................................... 85 Alaska.......................................................................................................... 88 Regions 1-7.......................................................................................................................... 91 False Alarms........................................................................................................................ 94 Support Actions................................................................................................................... 94 1995 - 2004 Statistics Wildfires.............................................................................................................................. 95 Treatments............................................................................................................................ 96 Department of the Interior 2000 - 2004 Wildfires.............................................................................................................................. 97 Treatments............................................................................................................................ 98 U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE Regional Map Akaska REGION 7 Pacific REGION 1 Mountain - Prairie Northeast REGION 6 REGION 5 Great Lakes-Big Rivers California and Nevada REGION 3 REGION 8 Southeast Southwest REGION 4 REGION 2 i PACIFIC REGION The 2003 fire season lasted into the 2004 protected lands. The SEAT worked fiscal year as the San Diego Fire Storm piggy-back with a USFS-funded SEAT consumed portions of the San Diego and on many other Federal fires. During the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife 2004 fire season, the SEAT, which has a Refuges, with Hopper Mountain burning 500-gallon capacity, dropped an over twice in the same year. However, estimated 10,000 gallons of fire retardant despite continuing drought and during fire suppression operations. predictions of another severe season, the 2004 fire season turned out to be average The Region hired two employees to help in California and the Great Basin. The staff an interagency engine and fill out State of Washington, however, several interagency 20-person hand experienced an extremely busy fire crews based on Federal lands in season; 36 Type I and Type II Incident Washington and Oregon. Our Management Teams were briefed, employees responded to over 20 fire transitioned, and utilized during the calls on Federal and State protected season. lands. Due to the large fires in central For the second year in a row, the Region Washington, the Leavenworth National provided rotating crew members to staff Fish Hatchery had to be evacuated twice, and train with an interagency Helitack and the ES office outside of Wenatchee, crew based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Washington, was evacuated once. The Leavenworth Fish Hatchery was used as This has been a year of transition for the an ICP for several Type I Incident Region. The Regional Office and the Management Teams. California/Nevada Operations Office (CNO) are in the midst of a re- Severity requests were received and organization. Functions such as fire processed beginning in June, and some management planning, fire ecology, stations remained in severity for the prescribed fire oversight, and fire duration of the fire season. technical support will probably still serve the entire Region, but the details The Region experienced three large fires have not been worked out yet. on