Historical wildfire data : 1983 to 1995

Dataset including information on wildfires in the province of Alberta from 1983 to 1995, inclusive. Information tracked for each fire includes: cause, size, location (latitude and longitude, legal land description, and forest area), time and duration, weather conditions, staffing and physical resources used to suppress the fire, and area burned.

Data and Resources

Field Value
Date Added to catalogue 2022-11-22
Date Issued 1996-07-01
Date Modified 1996-07-01
End Date 1995-12-31
Creator Environmental Protection (1992-1999)
Date Created] 1996-07-01
Language English (Canadian)
License https://open.alberta.ca/licence
Organization Alberta Government
Publisher Environmental Protection (1992-1999)
Start Date 1983-01-01
Theme Energy and Natural Resources
Update Frequency Once
Usage Information The Alberta Forest Service initiated the modern era of wildfire recordkeeping in 1931, the first complete fire season under provincial jurisdiction. Over the years, this information has been recorded, stored and made available in different formats. From 1983 to 1995, records were entered and stored on microcomputers at the Provincial Forest Fire Centre.
Groups
  • NSF
  • United States
Tags
  • NSF
  • United States
  • wildfires
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notes Dataset including information on wildfires in the province of Alberta from 1983 to 1995, inclusive. Information tracked for each fire includes: cause, size, location (latitude and longitude, legal land description, and forest area), time and duration, weather conditions, staffing and physical resources used to suppress the fire, and area burned.
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title Historical wildfire data : 1983 to 1995
url https://open.alberta.ca/opendata/wildfire-data-1983-1995