Number of fires on forest and other land in the United States 1990-2005

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 30, 2010
This statistic describes the number of fires on forest and other land in the United States from 1990 to 2005. In 1990, a total number of 112,440 fires in the United States on land area was reported, of which almost 79 thousand were on forest land.

Number of fires on forest and other land in the United States from 1990 to 2005

Characteristic199020002005*
Total land area affected by fire 112,440 84,663 73,057
...of which on forest 78,708 59,264 51,140
...of which on other wooded land 14,617 11,006 9,497
...of which on other land 19,115 14,393 12,420
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Release date

June 2010

Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2005

Supplementary notes

* Data revised based on new data from National Interagency Fire Center. Forest and other wooded land data prorated based on burn severity/NLCD overlays of major fires for 2004-2007. Ratios for 2005 applied to total fire area for 1990 and 2000. Number of fires prorated according to fire area for each period.

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