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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



30.0 per cent, of the area, lightning for 10.5 per cent, of the fires and 55.6 per 

 cent, of the area, smokers for 13.5 per cent, of the fires and 0.9 per cent, of the 

 area, incendiarism for 16.4 per cent, of the fires and 1.6 per cent, of the area. 



CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST FIRES 

 By Month 



Month 



1932 



No. 



Per cent, 



1931 



Per cent 



1930 



Per cent, 



1929 



Per cent. 



1928 



Per cent, 



1927 



Per cent. 



1926 



Per cent. 



♦November (1931) 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



Totals 



4 

 127 

 617 

 666 

 150 

 234 

 248 

 27 



0.2 



6.1 

 29.8 

 32.1 



7.2 

 11.3 

 12.0 



1.3 



4.2 



7.0 



20.0 



11.6 



15.6 



31.8 



8.4 



1.4 



8.7 

 29.0 

 16.3 



5.5 

 30.0 



6.6 



3.9 



5.8 

 11.7 

 11.2 

 19.2 

 30.5 

 13.4 



8.2 



6.5 

 45.3 

 23.0 

 11.0 

 11.2 

 2.4 

 0.6 



14.4 

 12.4 

 11.1 

 14.3 

 30.9 

 16.1 

 0.8 







43 



17 



9 



24 



3.7 

 0.3 



2,073 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



"Report covers period from November 1st, 1931 to October 31st, 1932. 



CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST FIRES 

 By Origin 



Origin 



1932 



1931 



1930 



1929 



No. 



Per cent, 



Per cent 



Per cent 



Per cent 



1928 



1927 



1926 



Per cent 



Per cent 



Per cent. 



Settlers 



Campers 



Railways 



Lightning 



Logging operations 

 Mining operations 



Smokers 



Road construction 



Incendiary 



Miscellaneous. . . . 

 Unknown 



323 

 589 



55 

 218 



28 



5 



279 



26 

 340 



42 

 168 



15 

 28 



2 

 10 



1 



13.6 

 33.8 



5.2 

 16.0 



1.1 



18.1 

 28.6 



8.5 

 13.6 



3.1 



7.2 

 26.7 

 12.0 

 16.1 



3.6 



15.5 



21.7 



18.3 



6.3 



5.4 



14.9 



28.6 



8.5 



5.3 



5.6 



13.6 

 23.8 

 10.6 



5.5 

 5.5 



0.2 

 13.5 



1.3 

 16.4 



2.0 



8.1 



13.1 

 1.5 

 1.8 

 7.1 

 6.8 



10.8 

 2.6 



10.3 

 1.4 



12.3 

 1.3 



11.7 



2.3 



9.8 

 3.2 



7.3 



7.4 



3.9 



18.8 



6.7 

 12.5 



3.5 

 19.6 



3.5 



24.5 



Totals 2,073 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST FIRES 

 By Size 



Size 



1932 



No. 



Per 

 cent. 



1931 



Per 

 cent. 



1930 



Per 



cent. 



1929 



Per 

 cent. 



1928 



Per 

 cent. 



1927 



Per 

 cent. 



1926 



Per 

 cent. 



Quarter acre and under . . . 

 Over quarter to 5 acres — 



Over 5 to 10 acres 



Over 10 to 100 acres 



Over 100 to 500 acres 



Over 500 to 1,000 acres. . . 

 Over 1,000 to 10,000 acres 

 Over 10,000 acres 



Totals 



500 



768 



184 



376 



156 



36 



41 



12 



24.1 

 37.1 

 8.9 

 18.1 

 7.5 

 1.7 

 2.0 

 0.6 



26.8 

 40.1 

 7.8 

 17.4 

 5.4 

 1.1 

 1.3 

 0.1 



23.6 

 38.2 

 9.1 

 15.9 

 8.1 

 1.8 

 2.7 

 0.6 



26.0 

 39.6 

 7.3 

 14.5 

 6.5 

 2.0 

 3.2 

 0.9 



27.2 

 42.5 

 7.8 

 16.4 

 3.6 

 0.8 

 1.1 

 0.6 



26.8 

 42.9 

 7.2 

 16.7 

 5.0 

 1.1 

 0.3 



25.6 

 41.1 

 7.5 

 16.9 

 6.2 

 1.4 

 1.3 



2,073 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



