Updated Bear Statistics: Where Does Farmington Rank?

State environmental officials are reminding everyone that black bears are starting to head out of their winter quarters for the warmer months.

Avon and Farmington continue to lead the pack in terms of black bear sightings on Connecticut, according to the latest statistics released by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

They have held onto the top two spots for some time.

But what about the other towns in Connecticut? Some towns have a lot of reported sightings, some just a few. Some municipalities do not have any recorded sightings.

DEEP officials have released an updated bear sightings chart. The new statistics are through March 6. Check out the DEEP's chart on bear sightings by town:

Black Bear Sightings in Connecticut

Town-by-Town Sightings Through March 6, 2017

• Ashford 15
• Avon 540
• Barkhamsted 143
• Beacon Falls 4
• Berlin 83
• Bethany 3
• Bethel 16
• Bethlehem 21
• Bloomfield 110
• Bolton 4
• Branford 49
• Bridgewater 16
• Bristol 94
• Brookfield 61
• Brooklyn 3
• Burlington 254
• Canaan 39
• Canterbury 1
• Canton 241
• Chaplin 2
• Cheshire 7
• Clinton 2
• Colchester 9
• Colebrook 12
• Columbia 1
• Cornwall 51
• Coventry 5
• Danbury 47
• Derby 3
• Durham 1
• East Granby 49
• East Haddam 2
• East Hampton 1
• East Hartford 1
• East Haven 12
• East Windsor 4
• Eastford 2
• Easton 21
• Ellington 34
• Enfield 21
• Fairfield 4
• Farmington 470
• Glastonbury 26
• Goshen 71
• Granby 133
• Griswold 2
• Guilford 51
• Haddam 1
• Hamden 6
• Hartford 8
• Hartland 26
• Harwinton 46
• Hebron 16
• Kent 61
• Killingly 1
• Killingworth 1
• Lebanon 1
• Lisbon 1
• Litchfield 77
• Madison 1
• Manchester 20
• Marlborough 25
• Meriden 17
• Middlebury 111
• Middlefield 2
• Middletown 2
• Milford 1
• Monroe 32
• Montville 1
• Morris 17
• Naugatuck 20
• New Britain 15
• New Canaan 1
• New Fairfield 56
• New Hartford 84
• New Haven 6
• New Milford 217
• Newington 1
• Newtown 104
• Norfolk 45
• North Branford 4
• North Canaan 14
• North Haven 1
• Norwalk 4
• Old Lyme 1
• Oxford 106
• Plainfield 1
• Plainville 39
• Plymouth 33
• Pomfret 4
• Portland 1
• Preston 2
• Prospect 2
• Putnam 1
• Redding 60
• Ridgefield 8
• Roxbury 79
• Salisbury 84
• Seymour 18
• Sharon 48
• Sherman 59
• Simsbury 262
• Somers 22
• Southbury 277
• Southington 97
• Stafford 67
• Stamford 9
• Stratford 2
• Suffield 39
• Thomaston 39
• Thompson 6
• Tolland 71
• Torrington 182
• Trumbull 2
• Union 8
• Vernon 40
• Wallingford 11
• Warren 30
• Washington 60
• Waterbury 25
• Watertown 48
• West Hartford 258
• Westbrook 1
• Weston 10
• Willington 33
• Wilton 29
• Winchester 138
• Windsor 99
• Windsor Locks 11
• Wolcott 36
• Woodbridge 1
• Woodbury 153
• Woodstock 9

Click here to see what to do if you encounter a bear.

Photo Credit: Paul Fusco/CT DEEP