Nova Scotia Wildfire Statistics - 2018
FIRES BY MONTH
|
|
MONTH |
AREA IN HECTARES |
January |
0 |
0 |
February |
0 |
0 |
March |
3 |
32.58 |
April |
51 |
95.79 |
May |
50 |
34.793 |
June |
25 |
73.25 |
July |
23 |
4.95 |
August |
17 |
2.61 |
September |
21 |
7.06 |
October |
0 |
0 |
November |
0 |
0 |
December |
0 |
0 |
TOTALS |
190 |
251.033 |
Wildfire Causes
|
Specific Cause
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned (Hectares)
|
Campfire |
12 |
11.87 |
Debris Fire |
31 |
11.01 |
Exhaust System |
4 |
3.59 |
Grass/Terrain |
9 |
34.67 |
Incendiary Device |
60 |
156.26 |
Other |
41 |
23.02 |
Playing With Fire |
26 |
9.02 |
Slash/Land Clearing |
6 |
1.49 |
Smoking |
1 |
0.1 |
TOTALS |
190 |
251.03 |
Other Causes
|
Cause
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned (Hectares)
|
ASHES |
3 |
0.55 |
ATV |
3 |
0.61 |
LIGHTNING |
4 |
0.91 |
MACHINE |
1 |
0.13 |
POWERLINE |
11 |
6.96 |
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION |
3 |
0.61 |
STRUCTURE |
2 |
9.42 |
VEHICLE |
3 |
0.21 |
Other |
11 |
3.62 |
TOTALS |
41 |
23.02 |
HECTARES BY COUNTY
|
County
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned(Hectares)
|
Lunenburg |
14 |
3.52 |
Queens |
10 |
1.22 |
Shelburne |
17 |
13.06 |
Yarmouth |
14 |
90.71 |
Digby |
8 |
1.69 |
Annapolis |
8 |
5.28 |
Kings |
13 |
3.35 |
Hants |
3 |
0.73 |
Hants East |
3 |
0.73 |
Hants West |
0 |
0 |
Halifax |
16 |
8.6 |
Halifax East |
6 |
0.89 |
Halifax West |
10 |
7.71 |
Cumberland |
11 |
12.6 |
Cumberland East |
10 |
9.4 |
Cumberland West |
1 |
3.2 |
Colchester |
5 |
1.043 |
Pictou |
23 |
26.82 |
Antigonish |
3 |
0.03 |
Guysborough |
5 |
0.34 |
Guysborough |
3 |
0.23 |
Saint Mary's |
2 |
0.11 |
Cape Breton |
32 |
77.57 |
Inverness |
5 |
2.94 |
Victoria |
3 |
1.53 |
Richmond |
0 |
0 |
TOTALS |
190 |
251.033 |
Who Reported the Fires
|
Discovery Agents
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned (Hectares)
|
NR&R Staff |
12 |
3.41 |
Other |
10 |
33.42 |
Public |
162 |
154.543 |
Helicopter |
2 |
0.16 |
Aerial Detection |
4 |
59.5 |
TOTALS |
190 |
251.03 |
FIRES BY MONTH |
REGION |
DISTRICT |
MARCH |
APRIL |
MAY |
JUNE |
JULY |
AUGUST |
SEPTEMBER |
OCTOBER |
Total |
CENTRAL |
Cumberland |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
Colchester |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Halifax |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
Hants |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Pictou |
0 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
24 |
EASTERN |
Cape Breton |
0 |
15 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
Inverness |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Victoria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Antigonish |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Richmond |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Guysborough |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
WESTERN |
Digby |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Lunenburg |
0 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Shelburne |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
18 |
Kings |
0 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Annapolis |
0 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Queens |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Yarmouth |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
Total |
3 |
51 |
50 |
25 |
23 |
17 |
21 |
0 |
190 |
Fuel Types Burned (HA = Hectares)
|
County
|
Softwood |
Hardwood |
Mixedwood |
Slash |
Open |
Silviculture |
Lunenburg |
0.21 |
0 |
0.66 |
1.85 |
0.8 |
0 |
Queens |
0 |
0.19 |
0.93 |
0 |
0.1 |
0 |
Shelburne |
2.88 |
0 |
1.06 |
1.43 |
7.69 |
0 |
Yarmouth |
4.01 |
4 |
60.02 |
0.6 |
22.08 |
0 |
Digby |
0.01 |
0.4 |
0.02 |
0.76 |
0.5 |
0 |
Annapolis |
0 |
0 |
2.23 |
1.5 |
1.55 |
0 |
Kings |
0.9 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
1 |
0.05 |
0 |
Hants |
0.13 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0 |
Hants East |
0.13 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0 |
Hants West |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Halifax |
6.2 |
0.1 |
2.22 |
0.08 |
0 |
0 |
Halifax East |
0 |
0 |
0.81 |
0.08 |
0 |
0 |
Halifax West |
6.2 |
0.1 |
1.41 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cumberland |
1.79 |
2.64 |
2.11 |
0 |
5.05 |
1.01 |
Cumberland East |
1.79 |
2.64 |
0.11 |
0 |
3.85 |
1.01 |
Cumberland West |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1.2 |
0 |
Colchester |
0.213 |
0 |
0.33 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
Pictou |
6.4 |
0.5 |
5.4 |
5.62 |
8.9 |
0 |
Antigonish |
0 |
0 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0 |
Guysborough |
0.08 |
0 |
0.05 |
0 |
0.21 |
0 |
Guysborough |
0.08 |
0 |
0.05 |
0 |
0.1 |
0 |
Saint Mary's |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.11 |
0 |
Cape Breton |
0.1 |
3.2 |
12.54 |
0.01 |
61.72 |
0 |
Inverness |
0.5 |
0.14 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
0 |
Victoria |
0.61 |
0 |
0.92 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Richmond |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TOTALS |
24.033 |
11.27 |
89.8 |
13.86 |
110.96 |
1.01 |