Nova Scotia Wildfire Statistics - 2020
| Wildfire Causes | |
|---|---|
| Specific Cause | Number of Fires |
CAMPFIRE |
29 |
DEBRIS FIRE |
21 |
GRASS/TERRAIN |
8 |
ARSON |
29 |
PLAYING WITH FIRE |
2 |
SLASH/LAND CLEARING |
11 |
SMOKING |
4 |
EXHAUST |
3 |
IMPROPERLY DISPOSED OF ASHES |
7 |
ATV |
6 |
BLUEBERRY BURNING |
2 |
LIGHTNING |
14 |
VEHICLE/MACHINE FIRE |
7 |
STRUCTURE FIRE |
3 |
POWERLINE RELATED |
15 |
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION |
2 |
OTHER |
11 |
| TOTALS | 176 |
| HECTARES BURNED BY COUNTY | ||
|---|---|---|
| County | Number of Fires | Total Area Burned |
| District | (Hectares) | |
| Lunenburg | 21 | 46.75 |
| Queens | 16 | 46.64 |
| Shelburne | 14 | 1.764 |
| Yarmouth | 19 | 215.67 |
| Digby | 6 | 2.8 |
| Annapolis | 9 | 7 |
| Kings | 18 | 134.846 |
| Hants | 8 | 2.29 |
| Hants East | 3 | 0.61 |
| Hants West | 5 | 1.68 |
| Halifax | 13 | 51.573 |
| Halifax East | 6 | 50.72 |
| Halifax West | 7 | 0.853 |
| Cumberland | 21 | 27.65 |
| Cumberland East | 18 | 23.31 |
| Cumberland West | 3 | 4.34 |
| Colchester | 4 | 0.91 |
| Pictou | 9 | 4.57 |
| Antigonish | 6 | 148.52 |
| Guysborough | 2 | 0.02 |
| Guysborough | 1 | 0.01 |
| Saint Mary's | 1 | 0.01 |
| Cape Breton | 7 | 19.12 |
| Inverness | 0 | 0 |
| Victoria | 1 | 0.4 |
| Richmond | 1 | 0.175 |
| TOTALS | 176 | 710.698 |
| WHO REPORTED THE FIRES FOR 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Agents | Number of Fires | Total Area Burned |
| (Hectares) | ||
| Natural Resources and Renewables Staff | 7 | 253.73 |
| Fixed Wing Patrol | 9 | 19.98 |
| Other Agencies | 17 | 24.93 |
| Public | 137 | 406.658 |
| Helicopter | 6 | 3.4 |
| TOTAL | 176 | 708.118 |
| FIRES BY COUNTY BY MONTH | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONTH | |||||||||||||
| REGION | COUNTY | JAN | FEB | MARCH | APRIL | MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUGUST | SEPT | OCT | TOTAL | |
| WESTERN | YARMOUTH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | |
| SHELBURNE | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||
| DIGBY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| ANNAPOLIS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| LUNENBURG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | ||
| KINGS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| QUEENS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | ||
| CENTRAL | HANTS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| HALIFAX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| COLCHESTER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| CUMBERLAND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||
| EASTERN | PICTOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| GUYSBOROUGH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ANTIGONISH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| INVERNESS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RICHMOND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| CAPE BRETON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| VICTORIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 176 | ||
| FUELS BURNED | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Softwood | Hardwood | Mixedwood | Slash | Open | Silviculture | |
| Area | Area | Area | Area | Area | Area | ||
| (Hectares) | (Hectares) | (Hectares) | (Hectares) | (Hectares) | (Hectares) | ||
| WESTERN | Lunenburg | 3.24 | 5.5 | 35.51 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Queens | 7.85 | 0 | 25.67 | 1.42 | 11.4 | 0.3 | |
| Shelburne | 1.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.564 | 0 | |
| Yarmouth | 0.01 | 0 | 39.19 | 0.1 | 176.37 | 0 | |
| Digby | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Annapolis | 0.2 | 0 | 3.8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kings | 83.1 | 0.5 | 42.646 | 5.545 | 3.055 | 0 | |
| CENTRAL | Hants | 0.15 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.44 | 0 |
| Hants East | 0.11 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hants West | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.44 | 0 | |
| Halifax | 0.353 | 0.1 | 50.27 | 0.31 | 0.54 | 0 | |
| Halifax East | 0.01 | 0.1 | 50.01 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Halifax West | 0.343 | 0 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| Cumberland | 1.44 | 5.8 | 4 | 4.2 | 9.2 | 3.01 | |
| Cumberland East | 0.5 | 2.4 | 4 | 4.2 | 9.2 | 3.01 | |
| Cumberland West | 0.94 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Colchester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.91 | 0 | |
| EASTERN | Pictou | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 2.87 | 0 |
| Antigonish | 63.01 | 40 | 0 | 38.1 | 0.41 | 7 | |
| Guysborough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Guysborough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Saint Mary's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cape Breton | 1.74 | 0.285 | 4.08 | 1.74 | 11.275 | 0 | |
| Inverness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victoria | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richmond | 0 | 0 | 0.175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 162.603 | 52.695 | 208.151 | 54.895 | 219.044 | 11.31 | |