Federal Firefighting Costs (Suppression Only)
Year
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018

Fires
82,591
85,907
71,300
72,750
48,949
66,481
75,754
87,394
58,810
79,107
82,234
96,363
66,196
81,043
92,487
92,250
84,079
73,457
63,629
65,461
66,753
96,385
85,705
78,979
78,792
71,971
74,126
67,774
47,579
63,212
68,151
67,595
71,499
58,083

Acres
2,896,147
2,719,162
2,447,296
5,009,290
1,827,310
4,621,621
2,953,578
2,069,929
1,797,574
4,073,579
1,840,546
6,065,998
2,856,959
1,329,704
5,626,093
7,383,493
3,570,911
7,184,712
3,960,842
8,097,880
8,689,389
9,873,745
9,328,045
5,292,468
5,921,786
3,422,724
8,711,367
9,326,238
4,319,546
3,595,613
10,125,149
5,503,538
10,026,086
8,767,492

Forest Service
DOI Agencies
$161,505,000
$78,438,000
$111,625,000
$91,153,000
$253,657,000
$81,452,000
$429,609,000
$149,317,000
$331,672,000
$168,115,000
$253,700,000
$144,252,000
$132,300,000
$73,820,000
$290,300,000
$87,166,000
$184,000,000
$56,436,000
$757,200,000
$161,135,000
$367,000,000
$110,126,000
$547,500,000
$153,683,000
$179,100,000
$105,048,000
$306,800,000
$109,904,000
$361,100,000
$154,416,000
$1,076,000,000
$334,802,000
$683,122,000
$269,574,000
$1,279,000,000
$395,040,000
$1,023,500,000
$303,638,000
$726,000,000
$281,244,000
$524,900,000
$294,054,000
$1,280,419,000
$424,058,000
$1,149,654,000
$470,491,000
$1,193,073,000
$392,783,000
$702,111,000
$218,418,000
$578,285,000
$231,214,000
$1,055,736,000
$318,789,000
$1,436,614,000
$465,832,000
$1,341,735,000
$399,199,000
$1,195,955,000
$326,194,000
$1,713,000,000
$417,543,000
$1,603,806,000
$371,739,000
$2,410,165,000
$508,000,000
$2,615,256,000
$528,000,000

Total
$239,943,000
$202,778,000
$335,109,000
$578,926,000
$499,787,000
$397,952,000
$206,120,000
$377,466,000
$240,436,000
$918,335,000
$477,126,000
$701,183,000
$284,148,000
$416,704,000
$515,516,000
$1,410,802,000
$952,696,000
$1,674,040,000
$1,327,138,000
$1,007,244,000
$818,954,000
$1,704,477,000
$1,620,145,000
$1,585,856,000
$920,529,000
$809,499,000
$1,374,525,000
$1,902,446,000
$1,740,934,000
$1,522,149,000
$2,130,543,000
$1,975,545,000
$2,918,165,000
$3,143,256,000

The Department of Interior agencies include: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management; National
Park Service; and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. Forest Service is an agency of the Department of Agriculture.
Annual fires and total acres include all private, state and federal lands in the United States.
Costs are not adjusted for inflation.