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  Suppression Costs
Federal Firefighting Costs (Suppression Only)
    
      Year
Fires
Acres
Forest Service
DOI Agencies
Total1985
82,591
2,896,147
$161,505,000
$78,438,000
$239,943,0001986
85,907
2,719,162
$111,625,000
$91,153,000
$202,778,0001987
71,300
2,447,296
$253,657,000
$81,452,000
$335,109,0001988
72,750
5,009,290
$429,609,000
$149,317,000
$578,926,0001989
48,949
1,827,310
$331,672,000
$168,115,000
$499,787,0001990
66,481
4,621,621
$253,700,000
$144,252,000
$397,952,0001991
75,754
2,953,578
$132,300,000
$73,820,000
$206,120,0001992
87,394
2,069,929
$290,300,000
$87,166,000
$377,466,0001993
58,810
1,797,574
$184,000,000
$56,436,000
$240,436,0001994
79,107
4,073,579
$757,200,000
$161,135,000
$918,335,0001995
82,234
1,840,546
$367,000,000
$110,126,000
$477,126,0001996
96,363
6,065,998
$547,500,000
$153,683,000
$701,183,0001997
66,196
2,856,959
$179,100,000
$105,048,000
$284,148,0001998
81,043
1,329,704
$306,800,000
$109,904,000
$416,704,0001999
92,487
5,626,093
$361,100,000
$154,416,000
$515,516,0002000
92,250
7,383,493
$1,076,000,000
$334,802,000
$1,410,802,0002001
84,079
3,570,911
$683,122,000
$269,574,000
$952,696,0002002
73,457
7,184,712
$1,279,000,000
$395,040,000
$1,674,040,0002003
63,629
3,960,842
$1,023,500,000
$303,638,000
$1,327,138,0002004
65,461
8,097,880
$726,000,000
$281,244,000
$1,007,244,0002005
66,753
8,689,389
$524,900,000
$294,054,000
$818,954,0002006
96,385
9,873,745
$1,280,419,000
$424,058,000
$1,704,477,0002007
85,705
9,328,045
$1,149,654,000
$470,491,000
$1,620,145,0002008
78,979
5,292,468
$1,193,073,000
$392,783,000
$1,585,856,0002009
78,792
5,921,786
$702,111,000
$218,418,000
$920,529,0002010
71,971
3,422,724
$578,285,000
$231,214,000
$809,499,0002011
74,126
8,711,367
$1,055,736,000
$318,789,000
$1,374,525,0002012
67,774
9,326,238
$1,436,614,000
$465,832,000
$1,902,446,0002013
47,579
4,319,546
$1,341,735,000
$399,199,000
$1,740,934,0002014
63,212
3,595,613
$1,195,955,000
$326,194,000
$1,522,149,0002015
68,151
10,125,149
$1,713,000,000
$417,543,000
$2,130,543,0002016
67,595
5,503,538
$1,603,806,000
$371,739,000
$1,975,545,0002017
71,499
10,026,086
$2,410,165,000
$508,000,000
$2,918,165,0002018
58,083
8,767,492
$2,615,256,000
$528,000,000
$3,143,256,0002019
50,477
4,664,364
$1,150,000,000
$440,000,000
$1,590,000,0002020
58,950
10,122,336
$1,764,000,000
$510,000,000
$2,274,000,0002021
58,985
7,125,643
$3,741,000,000
$648,000,000
$4,389,000,0002022
68,988
7,577,183
$2,900,000,000
$649,000,000
$3,549,000,000**5 year average**
**$2,336,084,200**
**$526,800,000**
**$2,862,884,200****10 year average**
**$1,897,153,100**
**$461,450,700**
**$2,358,603,800**
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