No. 4.] 



REPORT OF STATE FORESTER. 



379 



Comparative Damages by Forest Fires for the Past Five Years. 



Year. 



Number 

 of Fires. 



Acreage 

 burned. 



Cost 

 to extin- 

 guish. 



Damage. 



Average 

 Acreage 

 per Fire. 



Average 

 Damage 

 per Fire. 



1909, 

 1910, 

 1911, 

 1912, 

 1913, 



1,496 

 1,385 

 2,536 

 1,851 

 2,688 



35,083 

 42,221 

 99,693 

 22,072 

 53,826 



$23,475 

 47,093 

 20,219 

 35,456 



$189,482 



205,383 



537,749 



80,834 



178,357 



23.45 

 30.46 

 39.31 

 11.92 

 20.02 



$126 66 



148 29 



226 24 



43 67 



66 35 



Forest Fires of 1913. 



Months. 



1912. 

 December, . 



1913. 

 Januarj-, 



February, . 



March, 



April, .... 



May, .... 



June, .... 



July 



August, 



September, 



October, 



November, . 



Acres. 



Damage. 



Cost to 

 extinguish. 



Number. 



731 



43 



62 



1,351 



8,385 



21,325 



5,092 



14,113 



2,025 



388 



83 



228 



$281 



15 



57 



2,896 



14,525 



93,345 



25,894 



35,050 



5,586 



390 



34 



284 



$354 

 44 



lis 



1,133 

 5,686 

 9,878 

 2,835 

 9,915 

 4,684 



501 

 84 



224 



53,826 



$178,357 



$35,456 



93 



21 



38 

 317 

 580 

 684 

 255 

 345 

 250 



38 

 9 



58 



2,688 



Comparative Causes of Forest Fires for the Past Three Years. 



Causes. 



1911. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Unknown, ..... 



Railroad, 



Burning brush, .... 

 Smokers, hunters, berry pickers, 



Steam sawmills 



Children 



Miscellaneous 



Totals, 



1,128 

 685 

 135 

 158 

 3 

 118 

 309 



2,536 



Per 

 Cent. 



44.5 

 27.0 

 5.3 

 6.2 

 .1 

 4.7 

 12.2 



100.0 



1912. 



Num- 

 ber. 



649 

 640 



93 



223 



8 



79 

 159 



1,851 



Per 

 Cent. 



35.1 

 34.6 

 5.0 

 12.0 

 A 

 4.3 

 8.6 



100.0 



1913. 



Num- 

 ber. 



650 

 913 

 148 

 386 

 6 

 109 

 476 



2,688 



Per 



Cent. 



24.2 

 34.0 



5.5 



14.3 



.2 



4.1 

 17.7 



100.0 



