Nova Scotia Wildfire Statistics - 2017
| Fires by Month | |
|---|---|
| Month | Total |
| March | 0 |
| April | 83 |
| May | 42 |
| June | 12 |
| July | 10 |
| August | 15 |
| September | 6 |
| October | 5 |
| Total | 174 |
| Wildfire Causes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Specific Cause | Number of Fires | Total Area Burned (Hectares) |
| Campfire | 7 | 9.651 |
| Debris Fire | 39 | 16.516 |
| Exhaust System | 1 | 0.1 |
| Grass/Terrain | 11 | 33.52 |
| Incendiary Device | 62 | 655.79 |
| Other | 33 | 10.17 |
| Playing With Fire | 1 | 0.005 |
| Slash/Land Clearing | 16 | 3.711 |
| Smoking | 4 | 0.3 |
| TOTALS | 174 | 729.753 |
| Other Causes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cause | Number of Fires | Total Area Burned (Hectares) |
| Ashes | 5 | 1.6 |
| ATV | 1 | 1.7 |
| Machine | 4 | 0.62 |
| Other | 6 | 3.08 |
| Campfire | 1 | 0.5 |
| cigarette? | 1 | 0.1 |
| Was set on fire | 1 | 0.01 |
| Powerline | 11 | 1.8 |
| Structure | 2 | 0.55 |
| Vehicle | 4 | 0.82 |
| TOTALS | 33 | 10.17 |
| Hectares Burned by County | ||
|---|---|---|
| County | Number of Fires | Total Area Burned |
| Lunenburg | 10 | 2.24 |
| Queens | 10 | 7.5 |
| Shelburne | 10 | 92.59 |
| Yarmouth | 8 | 504.4 |
| Digby | 7 | 2.21 |
| Annapolis | 5 | 0.28 |
| Kings | 16 | 5.32 |
| Hants | 11 | 5.62 |
| Hants East | 3 | 3.95 |
| Hants West | 8 | 1.67 |
| Halifax | 21 | 5.408 |
| Halifax East | 10 | 3.293 |
| Halifax West | 11 | 2.115 |
| Cumberland | 11 | 29.401 |
| Cumberland East | 5 | 23.83 |
| Cumberland West | 6 | 5.571 |
| Colchester | 1 | 0.01 |
| Pictou | 9 | 11.22 |
| Antigonish | 5 | 0.83 |
| Guysborough | 7 | 3.69 |
| Guysborough | 3 | 3.51 |
| Saint Mary's | 4 | 0.18 |
| Cape Breton | 30 | 53.5 |
| Inverness | 9 | 2.181 |
| Victoria | 0 | 0 |
| Richmond | 4 | 1.93 |
| TOTALS | 174 | 728.33 |
| Who Reported the Fires | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Agents | Number of Fires | Total Area Burned (Hectares) |
| NR&R Staff | 14 | 118.861 |
| Other | 16 | 8.26 |
| Public | 142 | 162.542 |
| RW Patrol | 2 | 440.1 |
| TOTALS | 174 | 729.613 |
| Fuel Types Burned (HA = Hectares) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Softwood (HA) | Hardwood (HA) | Mixedwood (HA) | Slash (HA) | Open (HA) | Silviculture (HA) |
| Lunenburg | 1.21 | 0.23 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Queens | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 0.1 |
| Shelburne | 14.36 | 55.1 | 0 | 0.03 | 23.1 | 0 |
| Yarmouth | 0.8 | 389.5 | 2 | 0 | 112.1 | 0 |
| Digby | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Annapolis | 0 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0 |
| Kings | 0 | 2.63 | 2.19 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Hants | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 1.95 | 0.02 | 0 |
| Hants East | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 1.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Hants West | 0 | 0 | 0.95 | 0.7 | 0.02 | 0 |
| Halifax | 0.43 | 0 | 2.955 | 2.406 | 1.05 | 0 |
| Halifax East | 0 | 0 | 2.27 | 2.406 | 0.05 | 0 |
| Halifax West | 0.43 | 0 | 0.685 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0.601 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 1.95 | 24.15 | 0 |
| Cumberland East | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 22.23 | 0 |
| Cumberland West | 0.001 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.95 | 1.92 | 0 |
| Colchester | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pictou | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.72 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 |
| Antigonish | 0.51 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Guysborough | 3.41 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 0 |
| Guysborough | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Saint Mary's | 0.01 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.15 | 0 |
| Cape Breton | 1.4 | 3.5 | 14.9 | 0.4 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Inverness | 0 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.111 | 1.71 | 0 |
| Victoria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richmond | 0.355 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.275 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 27.086 | 452.71 | 31.245 | 8.707 | 206.465 | 3.4 |