THPOs Statistics

Each year, the THPOs answer a series of questions about the work accomplished, based on the functions they have assumed from the State Historic Preservation Offices under Section 101 of the National Historic Preservation Act. A tribe actively pursues Section 101 status, and most assume eight of the ten functions. In 1996, the first year of the program, 12 tribes applied for and received Section 101 status. Since then, the numbers keep growing. In 2016, there were 169 THPOs, and currently in 2022, there are 208 THPOs. The data from the annual reports are summed and included below by year.

Number of Additional Acres Surveyed:

2021: 356,941
2020: 160,711
2019: 464,746
2018: 346,760

Additional Properties or Sites Surveyed and Added to the Tribe's Inventory:

2021: 3,781
2020: (report did not contain this information)
2019: 18,996
2018: 4,405

The number of properties nominated to the National Register:

2021: 7
2020: 58
2019: 41
2018: 91

Number of properties nominated to a tribal register:

2021: 1,640
2020: 428
2019: 6,925
2018: 1,674

Number of Educational Activities and Programs Carried Out:

2021: 2,019
2020: 1,769
2019: 3,344
2018: 4,145

Number of Federal Undertakings on Tribal Lands Reviewed pursuant to 54 USC 306108 (Section 106):

2021: 9,854
2020: 9,531
2019: 19,795
2018: 19,641

Number of Federal Undertakings on ancestral lands reviewed pursuant to 54 USC 306108 (Section 106):

2021: 125,521
2020: 128,968
2019: 99,040
2018: 106,565

Total number of non-Federal Consultations, i.e., responses to city, county, tribal, and state agencies scoping requests:

2021: 19,746
2020: 33,897
2019: 40,858
2018: 40,503

Last updated: April 6, 2022