Table 42 . — Frequency of all fires for each month of the fire season by size class 



(Av. 1950-58) 



April May June July August September October November Total 







Num- 



Per- 



Num- 



Per- 





Per- 



Num- 



Per- 



Num- 



Per- 



Num- 



Per- 



Num- 



Per- 



Num- 



Per- 





Per- 







ber 



cent 



ber 



cent 



ber 



cent 



ber 



: e n t 



ber 



cent 



ber 



cent 



ber 



cent 



ber 



cent 



ber 



cent 



















Lightning 



fires 





























2 



14 



19 



8 



20 



10 



3 



8 



2 



50 











46 



9 



B 









1 



7 



39 



15 



38 



19 



9 



23 



1 



25 











88 



23 



C 









4 



29 



59 



23 



50 



24 



6 



15 















119 



17 



D 









2 



14 



27 



11 



16 



8 



2 



5 



1 



25 











47 



9 



E 









5 



36 



110 



43 



79 



39 



19 



49 















214 



42 



Total 









14 



100 



254 



100 







39 



100- 



4 



100 











514 



100 



percent 



per 









3 





49 





39 





8 





1 















month 

























































Man 



-cause 



d 

























29 



52 



153 



34 



199 



27 



161 



55 



- ~ z 



69 



64 



56 



2 



22 



j_ 



14 



71 8 



49 



B 





11 



20 



159 



36 



108 



50 



72 



25 



21 



13 



27 



£4 



2 



22 



2 



29 



402 



27 



C 





7 



12 



80 



18 



48 



12 



22 



8 



15 



10 



11 



10 



2 



22 



1 



14 



186 



13 



D 





1 



2 



21 



5 



14 



4 



13 



5 



2 



1 



1 



1 



1 



11 







53 



3 



E 





8 



14 



32 



7 



28 



7 



24 



7 



11 



7 



10 



9 



2 



22 



3 



43 



118 



8 



Total 





56 



100 



445 



100 



397 



100 



292 



100 



158 



100 



113 



100 



9 



100- 



7 



100 



1,477 



100 



percent 



per 





4 





30 





27 





19 





11 





8 





1 





0/ 







month 

























































Total fires 





















A 





29 



52 



155 



34 



218 



33 



181 



37 



112 



57 



66 



56 



2 



22 



1 



14 



764 



38 



B 





11 



20 



160 



35 



147 



23 



110 



22 



30 



15 



28 



24 



2 



22 



2 



29 



490 



25 



C 





7 



12 



84 



18 



107 



17 



72 



14 



21 



11 



11 



9 



2 



22 



1 



14 



305 



15 



D 





1 



2 



23 



5 



41 



6 



29 



6 



4 



2 



2 



2 



1 



11 







100 



5 



E 





8 



14 



37 



8 



138 



21 



103 



21 



30 



15 



10 



9 



2 



22 



3 



43 



332 



17 



Total 





56 



100 



459 



100 



651 



100 



495 



100 



197 



100 



117 



100 



9 



100- 



7 



100 



1,991 



100 



percent 



per 





3 





23 





33 





25 





10 





6 





0/ 





0/ 







month 



Source: Actual tally of all available individual fire reports (289 less than official count). 



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