| FIELD NAME |
FIELD DESCRIPTION |
| Fire |
Fire identification (ID) number
Fires with associated linked maps are represented with bold text.
For fires from 1960 onward, the fire ID consists of the district code and fire number .
For fires before 1960, the fire ID consists of the fire number only. |
| Year |
Year of fire
Previously unrecorded fires with unknown years have been associated with decades.
The codes for these fires, as they appear in the Year field, are as follows:
9950 = 1950s
9960 = 1960s
9970 = 1970s
9980 = 1980s
9990 = 1990s
9900 = 2000s
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| Start Date |
Date of ignition |
| District |
District abbreviations:
BC = Beaver Creek
CA = Carmacks
DA = Dawson
HJ = Haines Junction
MA = Mayo
|
OC = Old Crow
RR = Ross River
TE = Teslin
WL = Watson Lake
XY = Whitehorse
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| Lat |
Decimal latitude of recorded point of ignition, or centroid of mapped polygon |
| Long |
Decimal longitude of recorded point of ignition, or centroid of mapped polygon |
| Cause |
Cause of fire:
L = lightning-caused fire
H = human-caused fire |
| Action |
Type of action taken:
IA = initial attack
SA = sustained action
DA = delayed action
None = no action |
| Zone |
Fire management zone:
AZ = action zone
OB = observation zone |
| Class |
Size classification of burned area:
A = 0.01 to 0.10 ha
B = 0.11 to 1.00 ha
C = 1.01 to 10.00 ha
D = 10.01 to 100.00 ha
E = 100.01 to 1000.00 ha
F = 1000.01 to 10 000.00 ha
G = 10 000.01 to 100 000.00 ha
H = > 100 000 ha
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| Area (ha) |
Area (in hectares) of fires within Yukon boundary
For cross-border fires, only those portions that were within the Yukon are included.
These calculations include all non-fuel areas (e.g., water) within the fire perimeter |
| Perimeter (km) |
Calculated perimeter (in kilometers) for mapped fires
Perimeter of fire polygons has been calculated with Arcview GIS software. |