STATE BOARD OF FORESTRY 



Per Cent, of Total Wooded 



Area Burned. 

 1912. 1913. 



.0 .0 



.2 .1 



.0 .0 



.1 .0 



.1 .0 



.0 .0 



.8 .5 



.1 .08 



.1 .0 



The State 100 100 .69 1.1 



Forest Fires by Counties. 



The climatic and soil conditions in different parts of the State vary 

 so much that there is a marked difference in the fire risk. A larger 

 per cent, of the forest fires occur in Garrett county than in any 

 other county in the State, followed closely by Allegany, Frederick 

 county being third in this regard, while a number of the counties of 

 the State, including Calvert, Carroll, Caroline, Kent, Montgomery, 

 Queen Anne and Talbot had no fires reported for either 1912 or 1913. 

 What are known as the Eastern Shore counties are less subject to 

 forest fires than any other section, because of the humid climate and 

 moister soil. 



Perhaps of greater importance is the per cent, of the woodlands of 

 each county burned over by forest fires. By reference to Table II, 

 page 17, it will be observed that in 1912 5l/> per cent, of the forest 

 area of Allegany county was burned over. Of this over 6,500 acres 

 were burned over by one fire on Dan's Mountain. The forest warden 

 in the district was sick at the time of the fire, which accounts in a 

 measure for the extent to which it burned. 



The wooded area burned over in 1912 represents a little less than 

 Vw per cent., while in 1913 a little over 1 per cent, of the total 

 wooded area of the State was burned over. 



The total sum expended in preventive measures and in extin- 

 guishing forest fires in 1912 amounted to $1,474.30, and in 1913 



