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Arkansas' Incendiary Wildfire Record: 1983-1987, Richard A. Kluender, L. C. Thompson, R. J. Mcfarland, D. M. Steigerwald
Arkansas' Incendiary Wildfire Record: 1983-1987, Richard A. Kluender, L. C. Thompson, R. J. Mcfarland, D. M. Steigerwald
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
All wildfire reports from lands protected by the Arkansas Forestry Commission for the calendar years 1983 through 1987 were studied. The number of wildfires steadily increased from 2,185 in 1983 to 4,150 in 1987, burning a total of 27,146 hectares in 1987. Incendiarism on forested lands in 1987 comprised 77% of the total fires and 84% of the area burned. Incendiarism was responsible for 40% of all fires and 60% of the area burned in 1983, but increased to 54% of all fires and 69% of the area burned in 1987. In 1987, 80% of all incendiary fires on industry …