While wildfires are most often associated with the hot, dry West, the Northeast has a larger threat of high-density populations living near or in forested areas.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.The chances of wildfires in New York and New Jersey are increasing.of weather conditions over the past 50 years, the research nonprofit Climate Central found that the annual number of days that have a high risk of fire has risen by 10 days in northern New Jersey and coastal New York, which includes the city and Long Island.
High-risk fire weather days are characterized by low humidity, hotter temperatures and stronger winds – the perfect ingredients for wildfires in these densely populated states where woodlands frequently intermix with human areas. Traditional forestsNew York and New Jersey also stand in the top-20 states with the most total homes in the wildland-urban interface — the technical term for human-adjacent areas most prone to burn and put people in harm’s way.
“We're seeing fires that are happening outside of that typical, traditional window of March 15 to May 15,” said McLaughlin, who is also a biologist. “We're seeing this expansion of the fire season to becoming longer and happening at different times.”The New Jersey Forest Fire Service battles the Big Timber Wildfire in the Winslow Wildlife Management Area in Winslow on May 19, 2020. The fire burned 2,107 acres.
Six of this year’s fires are classified as major in New Jersey. Only two fires were considered major in 2022.
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