Manitoba Wildfires : 1914 – 2020

 

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

330 54% 283 46% 613   59,442 51% 56,101 49% 115,543

2000

 214 60% 140 40% 354   21,012 19% 89,912 81% 110,924

2001

 234 43% 304 57% 538   4,972 6% 73,942 94% 78,914

2002

 502 67% 252 33% 754   16,599 18% 77,964 82% 94,563

2003

 685 56% 529 44% 1214   89,859 10% 828,986 90% 918,845

2004

 110 47% 123 53% 233   937 4% 25,066 96% 26,003

2005

 110 44% 138 56% 248   5,545 8% 64,490 92% 70,035

2006

 266 39% 416 61% 682   5,907 4% 151,486 96% 157,393

2007

 216 57% 166 43% 382   5,799 2% 311,985 98% 317,784

2008

 259 65% 137 35% 396   74,403 49% 77,463 51% 151,866

2009

 117 64% 67 36% 184   2,132 74% 740 26% 2,872

2010

 273 47% 302 53% 575   22,853 12% 171,549 88% 194,402

2011

 156 50% 159 50% 315   26,229 21% 100,367 79% 126,596

2012

 204 41% 293 59% 497   21,027 10% 195,861 90% 216,888

2013

 192 39% 302 61% 494   896 1% 1,114,519 99% 1,115,415

2014

 115 47% 130 53% 245   1,172 3% 37,936 97% 39,108

2015

 164 36% 295 64% 459   6,779 10% 61,353 90% 68,132

2016

 106 52% 96 48% 202   6,701 17% 31,707 83% 38,408

2017

 136 24% 423 76% 559   1,366 1% 223,785 99% 225,151

2018

 232 49% 245 51% 477   78,901 34% 155,322 66% 234,223

2019

 145 52% 133 48% 278   7,936 11% 63,351 89% 71,287

2020

 80 53% 71 47% 151   34,268 71% 14,306 29% 48,574