WILDFIRES AND CAUSES FOR 2021 | 2021 | |
NUMBER OF FIRES | TOTAL AREA BURNED | |
(HECTARES) | ||
CAMPFIRE | 5 | 0.83 |
DEBRIS FIRE | 15 | 11.2707 |
GRASS/TERRAIN | 5 | 7.35 |
INCENDIARY DEVICE | 20 | 150.95 |
SLASH/LAND CLEARING | 15 | 4.0538 |
SMOKING | 3 | 1.41 |
EXHAUST | 2 | 0.09 |
PLAYING WITH FIRE | 1 | 0.0001 |
TRAIN | 0 | 0 |
ASHES | 5 | 1.028 |
ATV | 3 | 0.12 |
LIGHTNING | 6 | 4.66 |
MACHINE | 1 | 0.2 |
OTHER | 14 | 7.36 |
POWERLINE | 8 | 0.48 |
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION | 0 | 0 |
STRUCTURE | 4 | 0.61 |
VEHICLE | 5 | 6.07 |
BLUEBERRY BURNING | 1 | 0.7 |
UNKNOWN | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 113 | 197.1826 |
WILDFIRES BY MONTH 2021 | ||
MONTH | FIRE NUMBERS | HECTARES |
JANUARY | 0 | 0 |
FEBRUARY | 0 | 0 |
MARCH | 7 | 2.75 |
APRIL | 45 | 48.5945 |
MAY | 30 | 119.379 |
JUNE | 27 | 26.18 |
JULY | 1 | 0.01 |
AUGUST | 2 | 0.2 |
SEPTEMBER | 1 | 0.06 |
OCTOBER | 0 | 0 |
NOVEMBER | 0 | 0 |
DECEMBER | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 113 | 197.1735 |
WILDFIRES BY COUNTY 2021 | ||
COUNTY | HECTARES | FIRE NUMBERS |
LUNENBURG | 0.97 | 10 |
QUEENS | 5.12 | 8 |
SHELBURNE | 120.1987 | 10 |
YARMOUTH | 11.3438 | 9 |
DIGBY | 1.98 | 4 |
ANNAPOLIS | 0.5 | 1 |
KINGS | 5.53 | 22 |
HANTS | 7.161 | 7 |
EAST | 3.501 | 3 |
WEST | 3.66 | 4 |
HALIFAX | 6.88 | 10 |
EAST | 5.98 | 7 |
WEST | 0.91 | 3 |
CUMBERLAND | 2.1 | 10 |
EAST | 2.1 | 10 |
WEST | 0 | 0 |
COLCHESTER | 2.35 | 5 |
PICTOU | 1.23 | 6 |
ANTIGONISH | 1 | 1 |
GUYSBOROUGH | 0.1 | 1 |
ST. MARYS | 0 | 0 |
GUYSBOROUGH | 0.1 | 1 |
CAPE BRETON | 30.65 | 8 |
INVERNESS | 0.06 | 1 |
VICTORIA | 0 | 0 |
RICHMOND | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL PER YEAR | 197.1735 | 113 |
LAND OWNERSHIP OF AREA BURNED 2021 | |||
COUNTY | CROWN | PRIVATE | FEDERAL |
Lunenburg | 0 | 0.97 | 0 |
Queens | 0.15 | 4.97 | 0 |
Shelburne | 46.22 | 73.9787 | 0 |
Yarmouth | 0.1 | 11.2438 | 0 |
Digby | 0 | 1.98 | 0 |
Annapolis | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
Kings | 0 | 5.53 | 0 |
Hants | 3.65 | 3.511 | 0 |
Halifax | 0 | 6.88 | 0 |
Cumberland | 0.01 | 2.09 | 0 |
Colchester | 0 | 2.35 | 0 |
Pictou | 0.7 | 0.53 | 0 |
Antigonish | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Guysborough | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
Cape Breton | 1.8 | 23.35 | 5.5 |
Inverness | 0 | 0.06 | 0 |
Victoria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Richmond | 0 | 0 | 0 |