Nova Scotia Wildfire Statistics - 2019
Wildfire Causes
|
Specific Cause
|
Number of Fires
|
Total Area Burned (Hectares)
|
Campfire |
17 |
37.361 |
Debris Fire |
25 |
28.08 |
Grass/Terrain |
9 |
5.36 |
Incendiary Device |
36 |
63.205 |
Other |
32 |
6.1 |
Slash/Land Clearing |
13 |
5.8871 |
Smoking |
9 |
8.3 |
Machine |
2 |
0.2 |
TOTALS |
143 |
154.4931 |
CAUSES UNDER THE "OTHER" CATEGORY 2019 |
Other Causes |
Number of Fires |
Total Area Burned |
'Other' Cause Name |
|
(Hectares) |
Ashes |
2 |
0.51 |
ATV |
2 |
0.11 |
Lightning |
1 |
0.8 |
Machine |
8 |
1.81 |
Other |
7 |
1.35 |
Powerline |
8 |
0.88 |
Spontaneous Combustion |
1 |
0.1 |
Structure |
1 |
0.1 |
Vehicle |
4 |
0.64 |
TOTALS |
33 |
6.3 |
HECTARES BURNED BY COUNTY |
County |
Number of Fires |
Total Area Burned |
District |
(Hectares) |
Lunenburg |
6 |
3.16 |
Queens |
9 |
1.99 |
Shelburne |
9 |
28.84 |
Yarmouth |
8 |
14.007 |
Digby |
7 |
6.35 |
Annapolis |
1 |
0.12 |
Kings |
12 |
3.96 |
Hants |
5 |
1.72 |
Halifax |
17 |
1.991 |
Cumberland |
7 |
15.265 |
Colchester |
2 |
0.6 |
Pictou |
12 |
3.96 |
Antigonish |
5 |
5.23 |
Guysborough |
6 |
17.1 |
Cape Breton |
26 |
46.5 |
Inverness |
6 |
1.5 |
Victoria |
4 |
1.79 |
Richmond |
1 |
0.41 |
TOTALS |
143 |
154.493 |
WHO REPORTED THE FIRES FOR 2019 |
Discovery Agents |
Number of Fires |
Total Area Burned |
(Hectares) |
Natural Resources and Renewables Staff |
8 |
10.63 |
FW Patrol |
4 |
3.3 |
Other |
14 |
3.47 |
Public |
117 |
137.0931 |
TOTALS |
143 |
154.4931 |
FIRES BY COUNTY BY MONTH |
MONTH |
REGION |
COUNTY |
JAN |
FEB |
MARCH |
APRIL |
MAY |
JUNE |
JULY |
AUGUST |
SEPT |
OCT |
TOTAL |
WESTERN |
YARMOUTH |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
51 |
SHELBURNE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
DIGBY |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
ANNAPOLIS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
LUNENBURG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
KINGS |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
QUEENS |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
CENTRAL |
HANTS |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
44 |
HALIFAX |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
18 |
COLCHESTER |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
CUMBERLAND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
PICTOU |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
EASTERN |
GUYSBOROUGH |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
48 |
ANTIGONISH |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
INVERNESS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
RICHMOND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
CAPE BRETON |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
VICTORIA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
TOTAL |
0 |
0 |
17 |
16 |
44 |
13 |
7 |
34 |
9 |
3 |
143 |
|
FUELS BURNED 2019
|
County |
Softwood |
Hardwood |
Mixedwood |
Slash |
Open |
Silviculture |
Area |
Area |
Area |
Area |
Area |
Area |
(Hectares) |
(Hectares) |
(Hectares) |
(Hectares) |
(Hectares) |
(Hectares) |
Lunenburg |
0.22 |
0 |
2.94 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Queens |
0.11 |
1.07 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
Shelburne |
19.44 |
0.26 |
0.42 |
0.17 |
8.55 |
0 |
Yarmouth |
0 |
0 |
1.767 |
0.0001 |
12.24 |
0 |
Digby |
0 |
0.1 |
0 |
0.14 |
6.11 |
0 |
Annapolis |
0 |
0 |
0.12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kings |
0.76 |
0.7 |
0.25 |
0.6 |
1.65 |
0 |
Hants |
0.1 |
0 |
0.22 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
0 |
Halifax |
0.311 |
0 |
1.15 |
0.42 |
0.11 |
0 |
Cumberland |
0.5 |
0.005 |
0.02 |
1.13 |
13.61 |
0 |
Colchester |
0 |
0 |
0.25 |
0 |
0.35 |
0 |
Pictou |
0.2 |
0.55 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
2.81 |
0 |
Antigonish |
0.03 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
5.1 |
0 |
Guysborough |
2.1 |
0.5 |
1.21 |
5 |
8.29 |
0 |
Cape Breton |
0 |
6.15 |
6.24 |
0.8 |
33.31 |
0 |
Inverness |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
1 |
0 |
Victoria |
0.4 |
0 |
0.01 |
0.5 |
0.88 |
0 |
Richmond |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.41 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTALS |
24.171 |
9.335 |
15.797 |
10.9701 |
94.21 |
0.01 |