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