FOREST FIRES 



1903 



464,189 A. 



1908 



368,072 A. 



1913 



54796A 



AREA BURNED 



» 153,763.95 



1903 



S 846,082.00 



* 189,661.51 



1908 



* 802,135.00 



1913 



% t?:5Sg.oS 



COST OF FOREST FIRES 



LZZ1 EXPENSE OF EXTINGUISHING 

 CZZJ LOSS OF PROPERTY 



Y 

 E 

 A 

 R 



NO. 

 FIRES 



TOTAL 



NUMBER 



ACRES 



BURNED 



ACRES 



STATE 



LAND 



BURNED 



TOTAL 

 DAMAGE 



IN 

 DOLLARS 



AVE. 



AREA 



PER 



FIRE 



AVE. 

 LOSS 



PER 

 FIRE 



NO. 



OF 



MT. 



STA. 



1908 



605 



368,072 



54,912 



802,135 



608 



1326 







1909 



307 



1 1,759 



198 



23,126 



38 



75 



15 



1910 



277 



12,680 



1,570 



17.803 



46 



64 



20 



1911 



506 



37,909 



6,734 



43,664 



73 



56 



36 



1912 



383 



6,990 



629 



1 1,340 



18 



30 



49 



1913 



638 



54,796 



1 1,437 



51,455 



79 



75 



50 



Y 

 E 

 A 

 R 



TOTAL 



NO. 



ACRES 



PROTECTED 



TOTAL 



NO. 

 ACRES 

 BURMED 



% 



ACRE 



PROTEC 



TION 



COST 



1908 



8,443,760 



368,072 



4.4 



.022 



1909 



13,686,400 



1 1,759 



0.1 



.003 



1910 



7,200,000 



12,680 



0.2 



009 



1911 



7,230,000 



37,909 



0.5 



.006 



1912 



7,270,000 



6,990 



0.1 



.009 



1913 



7,270,000 



54.796 



0.7 



-.014 



COMPARISON OF FOREST FIRES, 1908-1913 



SHOWING AREA PROTECTED, BURNED; & COST, DAMAGE, ETC 



DIV. OF LANDS & FORESTS 



CONSERVATION COMMISSION 



STATE OF NEW YORK 

 1913 



