DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1934 



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(4) Fires 



Considering the Province as a whole the season was somewhat less severe 

 than that of any of the preceding five years. In some districts, however, 

 conditions were again abnormal particularly in the Soo, Georgian Bay, and 

 parts of the Sudbury and Oba Districts. 



There were 1568 fires with a total area burned of 198,633 acres. Of 

 this area sixty-six per cent was burned in the month of May when thirty per 

 cent of the fires occurred. Of the total number of fires those due to lightning 

 formed thirty-one per cent, campers twenty-three per cent and smokers 

 thirteen per cent. Of the area burned, however, lightning was responsible for 

 thirty-six per cent, campers eight per cent and smokers about four per cent. 

 Fires due to logging operations, while forming only two per cent of the 

 number, were responsible for nearly thirty per cent of the area. 



CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST FIRES 

 By Month 



Month 



1934 



No. 



Percent 



1933 



Per cent. 



1932 



Per cent 



1931 



Per cent 



1930 



Per cent. 



1929 



Per cent. 



1928 



Per cent. 



November. 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August. . . . 

 September. 

 October . . . 



Totals 



21 

 483 

 189 

 432 

 413 

 17 

 13 



1.3 

 30.8 

 12.1 

 27.6 

 26.3 

 1.1 

 0.8 



2.4 

 13.9 

 14.1 

 23.6 

 26.2 

 18.4 



1.4 



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 



1,568 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



6.5 

 45.3 

 23.0 

 11.0 

 11.2 

 2.4 

 0.6 



100.0 



CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST FIRES 

 By Origin 



