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2003 Southern California Fire Assessments: WHR13 by Owner Tables

CWHR groupings by major land ownership classess (all areas burned in October 2003 Southern California fires), in Acres.

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October 2003 Southern California Fires

WHR13 Name Private State USDA FS BLM BIA DOD Other Public All
Agriculture 9,588 331 12 67 1,082 - 2 11,083
Barren/Other 3,761 37 1,982 89 12 - 2 5,884
Conifer Forest 11,253 7,603 17,147 4,463 166 - 74 40,706
Conifer Woodland 731 - 141 27 - - - 899
Desert Shrub 1,357 35 259 59 111 - - 1,821
Hardwood Forest 7,920 1,638 18,884 72 10 - 2 28,526
Hardwood Woodland 37,318 1,611 7,218 1,194 1,784 272 1,038 50,434
Herbaceous 44,632 2,419 1,804 427 1,468 2,441 828 54,020
Shrub 250,315 22,012 156,274 31,536 23,772 17,643 5,283 506,835
Urban 14,579 267 86 17 420 1,470 82 16,922
Water 2,296 857 413 15 10 22 - 3,613
Wetland 1,053 255 - - - 2 - 1,310
All 384,802 37,066 204,220 37,965 28,835 21,852 7,312 722,052


Shrub dominated lands were the major vegetation lifeform burned; these areas were evenly split between public and private ownerships. Grassland was primarily in private ownership while forest were primarily public.

For more information, please contact:

Dave Sapsis
Wildland Fire Scientist
CDF Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP)
PO Box 944246
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460
916.445.5369
dave.sapsis@fire.ca.gov