Nova Scotia Wildfire Statistics - 2016
Fires by Month
|
Month
|
Number of Fires
|
Hectares
|
January
|
0
|
0
|
February
|
0
|
0
|
March
|
1
|
2.49
|
April
|
106
|
231.902 |
May
|
61 |
51.001
|
June
|
27 |
26.428
|
July
|
15
|
12.03
|
August
|
28
|
426.15
|
September
|
22
|
4.721
|
October
|
4
|
.25
|
November
|
0
|
0
|
December
|
0
|
0
|
TOTALS
|
274
|
754.972
|
Wildfire Causes
|
Specific Cause
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned (Hectares)
|
Campfire
|
23 |
21.241
|
Debris Fire
|
38
|
12.017
|
Exhaust System
|
3
|
3.2
|
Grass/Terrain
|
14
|
13.71
|
Incendiary Device
|
97
|
579.58
|
Other
|
75
|
113.94
|
Playing With Fire
|
1
|
1.1
|
Slash/Land Clearing
|
18
|
10.984
|
Smoking
|
5
|
2.59
|
TOTALS
|
274 |
754.972
|
Other Causes
|
Cause
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned (Hectares)
|
Ashes |
8 |
0.87 |
ATV
|
4
|
43.9
|
Blueberry
|
2
|
3.2
|
Lightning |
11 |
16.12 |
Machine
|
4
|
13
|
Other
|
25
|
30.02
|
Accidental
|
1
|
0.03
|
Burn Barrel
|
1
|
0.04
|
Burning Barrel
|
3
|
0.12
|
Camp Fire
|
2
|
0.45
|
Grinder
|
1
|
1.02
|
Land clearing |
2 |
0.15 |
Paper |
1 |
0.1 |
Smoking |
2 |
17.4 |
unknown |
6 |
6.3 |
Powerline |
12 |
3.77 |
Structure |
5 |
2.06 |
Vehicle |
4 |
1 |
TOTALS
|
75
|
113.94
|
Hectares Burned by County
|
County
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned
|
Lunenburg |
14 |
19.45 |
Queens |
16 |
17.8 |
Shelburne |
14 |
19.102 |
Yarmouth |
19 |
93.86 |
Digby |
19 |
9.5 |
Annapolis |
14 |
395 |
Kings |
22 |
10.23 |
Hants |
21 |
17.569 |
Halifax |
28 |
13.271 |
Cumberland |
15 |
25.89 |
Colchester |
3 |
2.42 |
Pictou |
24 |
35.15 |
Antigonish |
0 |
0 |
Guysborough |
3 |
0.2 |
Cape Breton |
60 |
98.41 |
Inverness |
1 |
0.01 |
Victoria |
1 |
0.1 |
Richmond |
0 |
0 |
TOTALS |
274 |
757.962 |
Who Reported the Fires
|
Discovery Agents
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned (Hectares)
|
NR&R Staff
|
23 |
105.29
|
Aerial Detection
|
16
|
41.16
|
Other
|
43
|
72.04
|
Public
|
189
|
172.272
|
Helicopter
|
3
|
364.21
|
TOTALS
|
274
|
754.972
|
Fuel Types Burned
|
County
|
Softwood
|
Hardwood
|
Mixedwood
|
Slash
|
Open
|
Silviculture
|
Lunenburg
|
8.7
|
0
|
10.55
|
0
|
0.2
|
0
|
Queens
|
3.1
|
0.7
|
1.4
|
9.9
|
0.1
|
2.6
|
Shelburne
|
0.231
|
0
|
4.039
|
1.95
|
12.882
|
0
|
Yarmouth
|
7.45
|
0
|
46.69
|
3.4
|
36.32
|
0
|
Digby
|
0.28
|
0.22
|
3.31
|
3
|
2.69
|
0
|
Annapolis
|
268
|
0.9
|
113.51
|
8.6
|
1
|
0
|
Kings
|
0.04
|
1.1
|
4.79
|
1.1
|
3.2
|
0
|
Hants
|
0.021
|
0,05
|
0.558
|
2.04
|
14.9
|
0
|
Hants East
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.4
|
14.8
|
0
|
Hants West
|
0.021
|
0.05
|
0.558
|
0.64 |
0.1
|
0
|
Halifax
|
0.48
|
0.2
|
5.571
|
4.21
|
2.81
|
0
|
Halifax East
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
0.11
|
4.11
|
1.74
|
0
|
Halifax West
|
0.18
|
0.1
|
5.461
|
0.1
|
1.07
|
0
|
Cumberland
|
2.3
|
0.2
|
12.1
|
9.55
|
1.74
|
0
|
Cumberland East
|
1.6
|
0
|
6.4
|
8.25
|
0.64
|
0
|
Cumberland West
|
0.7
|
0.2
|
5.7
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
0
|
Colchester
|
0
|
0.5
|
0
|
1.92
|
0
|
0
|
Pictou
|
12.7
|
3.25
|
3.53
|
0.03
|
10.34
|
5.3
|
Antigonish
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Guysborough
|
0
|
0
|
0.1
|
0.01
|
0.09
|
0
|
Guysborough
|
0
|
0
|
0.1
|
0.01
|
0.09
|
0
|
Saint Mary's
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Cape Breton
|
2.45
|
8.4
|
15.7
|
0.91
|
70.95
|
0
|
Inverness
|
0
|
1
|
0.01
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Victoria
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Richmond
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
TOTALS
|
305.752
|
15.52
|
221.958
|
46.62
|
157.222
|
7.9
|