Forest fires and climate attributes interact in central Himalayas: an overview and assessment

Fire Ecology

Table 3 Number of forest fires per year, from 2002 to 2019, during the fire season (April through June) in each district of the state of Uttarakhand, India, during our review of climate attributes and their affects on forest fire between 2002 and 2019. Total fire incidents per year, and average number of incidents per district (± standard deviation; SD) are also given

District	Number of forest fires per year in April through June																		Average ± SD
District	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	Average ± SD
Almora	6214	379	167	1125	105	441	64	1412	33	345	624	264	51	29	243	292	468	86	685.7 ± 1 385.3
Bageshwar	4130	319	12	361	17	207	22	836	72	214	272	208	7	0	169	116	247	33	402.3 ± 924.7
Chamoli	2451	237	59	650	78	464	32	985	38	121	842	255	149	14	186	218	221	9	389.4 ± 572.3
Champawat	4328	136	8	581	127	212	7	463	32	127	188	732	12	108	161	96	251	54	423.5 ± 967.1
Dehradun	845	186	63	723	165	71	41	382	22	781	463	133	267	94	349	161	367	69	287.9 ± 255.3
Haridwar	881	24	46	366	41	83	12	117	2	239	164	118	178	42	79	43	48	16	138.8 ± 201.3
Nainital	7747	264	411	2296	687	356	200	1437	107	975	821	1471	114	399	1195	701	986	215	1 132.3 ± 1 700.7
Pauri Garhwal	3359	1433	192	2474	267	549	200	1578	16	1008	1420	1854	304	107	1046	1060	710	254	990.6 ± 884.9
Pithoragarh	1083	42	11	127	8	118	8	85	33	91	53	157	8	5	152	41	163	10	121.9 ± 239.5
Rudraprayag	39	2	0	20	1	15	3	46	0	8	32	16	2	0	1	27	4	0	12.0 ± 14.5
Tehri Garhwal	8555	1248	49	1469	272	637	124	1692	36	275	1729	409	398	166	286	668	626	91	1 040.6 ± 1 902.1
Udhamsingh Nagar	851	87	138	206	63	53	36	99	112	114	123	86	83	101	99	43	125	35	136.3 ± 178
Uttarkashi	1117	357	9	205	15	296	8	286	67	210	745	15	41	31	37	191	73	50	208.5 ± 284.5
Total incidents	41,600	4714	1165	10,603	1846	3502	757	9418	570	4508	7476	5718	1614	1096	4003	3657	4289	922	5 957.7 ± 9 102.2