Show board of forestry submits 1947 fire report the utah state board of forestry and fire control has completed the annual fire report for and nd accidental fires on state and privately owned forest and watershed lands for the year 1917 according to john E burt jr salt lake city deputy state forester the compilation shows that fires fires burned acres following is is a brief summary of the 1947 report compared to the f ive five year average 1942 46 in each instance the 1917 figures are given first the average for the previous five year period second number of fires number of fires under one fourek fourth acre 2116 number of fires one fourth to 10 acres 71 7 1 53 number of fires over 10 acres 03 63 53 55 number of fires by causes lightning 24 04 12 railroads 23 19 cam campers e s 9 5 smokers 21 19 debris burning 31 3 i 17 incendiary 0 2 miscellaneous 23 17 unknown 23 33 acreage burned the 1947 fire report for morgan county as reported by sheriff bernard Dahl dahlquist quis t county j shows total number of and accidental forest and watershed fires on state and privately owned lands 8 number under one fourth acre 1 one fourth to 10 acres 5 over 10 acres 8 number of fires by causes lightning 3 railroads 1 campers 1 smokers 0 0 debris burners 6 incendiary 0 miscellaneous 1 an unknown 2 the report lists morgan county as having had acres burned during 1947 |