New York State Wildfire Occurance - Government of New York

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Adirondack High Peaks Southern Tier Hudson Valley Long Island Catskill Leatherstocking Lake Ontario Plains Adirondack St. Lawrence Upper Hudson Champlain 26% 48% 45% 46% 77% 43% 35% 35% 48% 45% 0 25 50 Miles ´ Atlantic Ocean Lake Ontario Lake Erie Pennsylvania New Massachusettes Vermont Connecticut Hampshire Total Fires: 294 Total Fires: 79 Total Fires: 62 Total Fires: 337 Total Fires: 302 Total Fires: 440 Total Fires: 48 Total Fires: 48 Total Fires: 191 Total Fires: 434 April Marinov GIS Specialist NYS DEC Forest Rangers March 2018 New Jersey *Percentage indicates highest occuring cause of fire as a percent of total fires in the FDRA region. Debris Burning-673 Fires Arson-358 Fires Campfire-407 Fires Miscellaneous-209 Fires Lightning-129 Fires Smoking-140 Fires Equipment Use-123 Fires Children-71 Fires Power Line-75 Fires Railroad-27 Fires Structure-14 Fires Fireworks-11 Fires New York State Wildfire Occurance By Top Five Causes 2003-2017 Fire Danger Risk Areas (FDRA) Total Number of Fire Incidents: 2,237 Total Number of Towns/Cities: 998 As Reported by NYS DEC Forest Rangers

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AdirondackHigh

Peaks

Southern Tier

Hudson Valley

Long Island

Catskill

Leatherstocking

Lake Ontario Plains

Adirondack

St.Lawrence

UpperHudson

Champlain

26%

48%

45%

46%

77%

43%

35%

35%

48%45%

0 25 50 Miles

´

Atlantic Ocean

Lake Ontario

Lake Erie

Pennsylvania

New

Massachusettes

Vermont

Connecticut

Hampshire

Total Fires: 294

Total Fires: 79

Total Fires: 62

Total Fires: 337

Total Fires: 302

Total Fires: 440

Total Fires: 48

Total Fires: 48

Total Fires: 191

Total Fires: 434

April MarinovGIS Specialist

NYS DEC Forest RangersMarch 2018

New Jersey

*Percentage indicates highest occuring causeof fire as a percent of total fires in the FDRA region.

Debris Burning-673 FiresArson-358 FiresCampfire-407 FiresMiscellaneous-209 FiresLightning-129 FiresSmoking-140 FiresEquipment Use-123 FiresChildren-71 FiresPower Line-75 FiresRailroad-27 FiresStructure-14 FiresFireworks-11 Fires

New York State Wildfire OccuranceBy Top Five Causes 2003-2017Fire Danger Risk Areas (FDRA)

Total Number of Fire Incidents: 2,237Total Number of Towns/Cities: 998

As Reported by NYS DEC Forest Rangers