No. 3 



Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for 1950 



Table No. 5 

 CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST FIRES 

 By Size — 1948 



Table No. 6 



CLASSIFICATION OF AREA BURNED OVER 



By Month— 1948 



1948 



ACRES 



1947 



ACRES 



1946 



ACRKS 



1945 



ACRES 



March 

 ApriL- 

 May.— . 

 June 



July 



August 



September,. 



October. 



November.. 



1,990 



801,612 



185,706 



3,968 



1,250 



5,286 



17,506 



63 



3/ 



2,712 



26,768 



4,802 



17,360 



2,248 



29,355 



730 



421 



2,284 



13,080 



25,338 



20,734 



11,088 



1.520 



2,304 



373 



6,788 



12,171 



4,389 



8,379 



16,186 



39 



165 



20 



Totals 



1,017,389 



84,032 



76,769 



48.510 



CLASSIFICATIO.V 



Settlers 



Campers 



Railways 



Lightning 



Logging Operations 

 Mining Operations 



Smokers 



Road Construction 



Incendiary 



Prospectors 



Miscellaneous.- 



Unknown 



Totals ... 



Table No. 7 



CLASSIFICATION OF AREA BURNED OVER 



Bv Origin — 1948 



1948 



ACRES 



1047 

 ACRES 



1046 



ACKKS 



1045 



ACRES 



18,613 



393,696 



8,129 



139,822 



35,903 



26,015 



23,318 



365,355 



1,446 



3 



3,146 



1,943 



1.017,389 



3,449 



3,091 



12,606 



20,353 



14,921 



385 



24,515 



1,379 



577 



16 



2,244 



496 



84.032 



2,677 



21,898 



9,406 



20,630 



7,085 



256 



12,109 



873 



490 



4 



673 



668 



76,769 



1,789 



17,902 



3,164 



1,517 



5,789 



8 



15.412 



1 



134 



IS 



2,557 



222 



48,510 



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