Nova Scotia Wildfire Statistics

 

Specific Causes of Fires in 2013

 

  

Cause of Fires by Responsible
Groups in 2013

  
  Specific Cause Number of
Fires		 Total Area
Burned (Hectares)		   Responsible Group Number of
Fires		 Total Area Burned (Hectares)  
  Campfire 8 2   Arsonist 38 113  
  Debris Fire 28 13   Children 1 0.2  
  Grass/Terrain 7 10   Farmer/Agriculture 8 70  
  Incendiary Device 70 194   Forest Worker 1 0.01  
  Other 28 70   Hunter/Fisher 1 0.03  
  Playing With Fire 1 0.2   Miscellaneous 10 3  
  Slash/Land Clearing 9 2   Resident 57 23  
  Smoking 3 0.14   Teen 8 12  
  Unknown 17 9.64   Tourist 1 0.1  
  TOTALS 171 301.4   Unknown 46 80  
          TOTALS 171 301.4  
                 
                 
                 
 

Cause of Fires by Other Causes

 

  

Wildfires by Month

 

  
  Other Causes Number of Fires Total Area
Burned (Hectares)		   Month Number of Fires Total Area
Burned (Hectares)		  
  Ashes 5 1.65   January 0 0  
  Blueberry 7 63.64   February 0 0  
  Lightning 1 0.1   March 3 1.64  
  Other 6 1.871   April 59 144.9  
  Burning garbage 1 0.01   May 82 152.115  
  Garbage 1 0.001   June 2 0.25  
  Items outside of burn permit 1 0.01   July 6 0.92  
  Lite 1 0.5   August 17 1.422  
  Playing with fire 1 0.12   September 2 0.1  
  Power saw 1 1.23   October 0 0  
  Powerline 4 2.35   November 0 0  
  Spontaneous Combustion 1 0.4   December 0 0  
  Structure 3 0.4   TOTALS 171 301.347  
  Vehicle 1 0.01          
  TOTALS 28 70.121          
                 
                 


Wildfires by County

 
       
County Name/District Number
of fires		 Recorded Area Burned (Hectares) Total Area
Burned Hectares)
Lunenburg 1 0.5 0.5
Queens 9 2.11 2.11
Shelburne 7 2.53 2.53
Yarmouth 9 32.6 32.6
Digby 2 21 21
Annapolis 5 1.15 1.15
Kings 23 6.55 6.55
Hants 13 61.36 61.36
Hants East 7 9.12 9.12
Hants West 6 52.24 52.24
Halifax 14 8.92 8.92
Halifax East 5 6.39 6.39
Halifax West 9 2.53 2.53
Cumberland 25 35.657 35.657
Cumberland East 10 16.462 16.462
Cumberland West 15 19.195 19.195
Colchester 9 12.93 12.93
Pictou 13 10.32 10.32
Antigonish 4 3.65 3.65
Guysborough 0 0 0
Guysborough 0 0 0
Saint Mary's 0 0 0
Cape Breton 34 101.32 101.32
Inverness 2 0.38 0.38
Victoria 1 0.37 0.37
Richmond 0 0 0
TOTALS 171 301.347 301.347
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       


Fuel Types and County Burned
County/District Softwood Area (Hectares) Hardwood Area (Hectares) Mixedwood Area (Hectares) Slash Area (Hectares) Open Area (Hectares) Silviculture Area (Hectares)
             
Lunenburg 0 0 0.5 0 0 0
Queens 0.1 0.1 0.7 0 1.21 0
Shelburne 0.53 0 0 0.6 1.4 0
Yarmouth 1.9 0 0 0 30.7 0
Digby 0 0 21 0 0 0
Annapolis 0.5 0.1 0.45 0 0.1 0
Kings 0 1.2 0.77 1.83 2.75 0
Hants 0.02 0 2.32 10.02 49 0
Hants East 0 0 1.71 0.01 7.4 0
Hants West 0.02 0 0.61 10.01 41.6 0
Halifax 0.3 0.1 2.02 1.4 5.1 0
Halifax East 0 0 0 1.29 5.1 0
Halifax West 0.3 0.1 2.02 0.11 0 0
Cumberland 3.591 0.245 6.61 0.49 24.721 0
Cumberland East 0.831 0 0 0 15.631 0
Cumberland West 2.76 0.245 6.61 0.49 9.09 0
Colchester 0.7 0.3 8.2 0 3.73 0
Pictou 0.01 1.6 1.71 2.2 4.8 0
Antigonish 0 0 2.4 0 1.25 0
Guysborough 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guysborough 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Mary's 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cape Breton 6.2 1.4 31.2 1.8 60.72 0
Inverness 0 0 0.1 0.18 0.1 0
Victoria 0 0 0 0 0.37 0
Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 13.851 5.045 77.98 18.52 185.951 0