Historical Fire Data - Manitoba Conservation Fire Program

Note: The table below contains the final number of fires and area burned as mapped by the Forestry Branch. The figures may vary slightly from those published in the Annual Report for a given year, since the Annual Report often goes to print prior to all fires being officially mapped and sized by the Forestry Branch

 

  
Fire History Report   Historical Fire Data
Manitoba Conservation
  

Manitoba Forest Fires : 1914 – 2004

  
  
  
  
 

Number of fires

 

Area burned ( hectares )

YEAR

HUMAN

%

LIGHTNING

%

TOTAL

 

HUMAN

%

LIGHTNING

%

TOTAL

1914

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

329  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

36,213

1915

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

637  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

557,269

1916

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

125  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

15,072

1917

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

195  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

71,711

1918

104 98% 2 2% 106  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

10,327

1919

164 92% 15 8% 179  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

166,026

1920

227 94% 15 6% 242  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

118,705

1921

124 94% 8 6% 132  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

16,239

1922

192 78% 55 22% 247  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

20,147

1923

160 86% 26 14% 186  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

41,793

1924

295 95% 15 5% 310  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

19,412

1925

148 93% 12 8% 160  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

16,268

1926

421 91% 42 9% 463  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

22,824

1927

87 79% 23 21% 110  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

10,613

1928

311 90% 34 10% 345  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

170,115

1929

581 88% 79 12% 660  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1,377,912

1930

258 62% 159 38% 417  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

284,363

1931

233 94% 15 6% 248   21,699 96% 992 4% 22,691

1932

278 88% 37 12% 315   31,607 88% 4,315 12% 35,922

1933

315 85% 57 15% 372   20,259 95% 971 5% 21,230

1934

223 94% 14 6% 237   10,734 95% 542 5% 11,276

1935

130 91% 13 9% 143   7,665 62% 4,694 38% 12,359

1936

449 81% 105 19% 554   28,548 14% 182,149 86% 210,697

1937

366 82% 80 18% 446   81,677 44% 106,056 56% 187,733

1938

547 98% 10 2% 557   69,215 99% 794 1% 70,009

1939

484 97% 17 3% 501   50,811 96% 2,339 4% 53,150

1940

635 95% 31 5% 666   180,523 77% 53,432 23% 233,955

1941

230 89% 29 11% 259   43,976 86% 7,237 14% 51,213

1942

172 99% 2 1% 174   85,077 100% 1 0% 85,078

1943

142 93% 11 7% 153   14,307 93% 1,112 7% 15,419

1944

243 97% 8 3% 251   42,393 86% 7,123 14% 49,516

1945

143 85% 25 15% 168   3,677 79% 951 21% 4,628

1946

366 93% 26 7% 392   50,974 97% 1,542 3% 52,516

1947

100 62% 62 38% 162   10,534 35% 19,215 65% 29,749

1948

395 83% 79 17% 474   229,729 58% 164,241 42% 393,970

1949

310 81% 73 19% 383   46,975 69% 21,304 31% 68,279

1950

123 80% 30 20% 153   15,330 51% 14,551 49% 29,881

1951

135 80% 34 20% 169   5,578 28% 14,140 72% 19,718

1952

324 86% 54 14% 378   67,143 95% 3,182 5% 70,325

1953

181 79% 47 21% 228   53,580 66% 27,357 34% 80,937

1954

101 83% 20 17% 121   48,286 64% 27,435 36% 75,721

1955

213 65% 114 35% 327   50,039 64% 28,485 36% 78,524

1956

209 60% 137 40% 346   39,577 46% 45,920 54% 85,497

1957

259 76% 83 24% 342   50,858 52% 47,417 48% 98,275

1958

346 90% 40 10% 386   317,721 96% 14,757 4% 332,478

1959

107 69% 48 31% 155   9,972 91% 981 9% 10,953

1960

213 48% 235 52% 448   18,237 11% 148,560 89% 166,797

1961

558 79% 149 21% 707   712,757 65% 390,042 35% 1,102,799

1962

200 70% 85 30% 285   14,989 21% 56,232 79% 71,221

1963

318 72% 125 28% 443   15,759 55% 12,763 45% 28,522

1964

379 65% 202 35% 581  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

338,442

1965

174 77% 51 23% 225  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

6,780

1966

156 66% 79 34% 235  

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2,491

1967

421 66% 217 34% 638   48,778 37% 81,574 63% 130,352

1968

196 85% 35 15% 231   18,163 94% 1,255 6% 19,418

1969

171 52% 155 48% 326   2,096 8% 22,687 92% 24,783

1970

220 69% 97 31% 317   5,957 16% 31,150 84% 37,107

1971

412 84% 78 16% 490   7,094 83% 1,417 17% 8,511

1972

305 57% 234 43% 539   2,925 16% 15,736 84% 18,661

1973

462 75% 153 25% 615   8,632 37% 14,753 63% 23,385

1974

254 52% 237 48% 491   14,124 9% 147,037 91% 161,161

1975

217 61% 141 39% 358   6,352 27% 16,992 73% 23,344

1976

755 67% 373 33% 1,128   73,117 57% 54,983 43% 128,100

1977

663 77% 193 23% 856   156,938 68% 74,620 32% 231,558

1978

298 78% 84 22% 382   6,677 27% 18,023 73% 24,700

1979

265 41% 375 59% 640   5,067 6% 77,090 94% 82,157

1980

556 51% 526 49% 1,082   190,454 37% 323,838 63% 514,292

1981

430 65% 232 35% 662   19,718 5% 356,503 95% 376,221

1982

295 69% 130 31% 425   10,884 70% 4,561 30% 15,445

1983

293 55% 242 45% 535   7,393 7% 91,760 93% 99,153

1984

405 59% 287 41% 692   50,463 39% 79,727 61% 130,190

1985

211 61% 135 39% 346   1,967 17% 9,856 83% 11,823

1986

144 66% 73 34% 217   6,512 63% 3,830 37% 10,342

1987

314 61% 205 39% 519   15,224 9% 154,296 91% 169,520

1988

382 39% 600 61% 982   34,214 7% 451,439 93% 485,653

1989

513 42% 713 58% 1,226   634,763 18% 2,933,184 82% 3,567,947

1990

282 49% 288 51% 570   5,938 36% 10,427 64% 16,365

1991

388 57% 288 43% 676   23,835 18% 109,856 82% 133,691

1992

193 65% 105 35% 298   103,658 23% 353,796 77% 457,454

1993

171 72% 68 28% 239   3,117 5% 64,158 95% 67,275

1994

239 43% 316 57% 555   8,482 1% 1,420,272 99% 1,428,754

1995

264 40% 396 60% 660   10,532 1% 878,717 99% 889,249

1996

203 48% 221 52% 424   5,718 5% 111,006 95% 116,724

1997

188 51% 183 49% 371   3,656 9% 38,140 91% 41,795

1998

296 57% 220 43% 516   7,392 2% 401,525 98% 408,917

1999