This statistic displays the annual number of acres burned by wildfire activity in the United States from 2000 to 2016. In 2002, some 7.2 million acres of land was burned in wildfires in the United States. In 2015, wildfires in the United States burned more acres in total and per fire than double the 1983 to 2013 average.
Number of acres burned by wildfires in the U.S. from 2000 to 2016
(in million acres)
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Aon. (January 17, 2017). Number of acres burned by wildfires in the U.S. from 2000 to 2016 (in million acres) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/511072/acres-burned-by-wildfires-in-the-us/
Aon. "Number of acres burned by wildfires in the U.S. from 2000 to 2016 (in million acres)." Chart. January 17, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/511072/acres-burned-by-wildfires-in-the-us/
Aon. (2017). Number of acres burned by wildfires in the U.S. from 2000 to 2016 (in million acres). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/511072/acres-burned-by-wildfires-in-the-us/
Aon. "Number of Acres Burned by Wildfires in The U.S. from 2000 to 2016 (in Million Acres)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jan 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/511072/acres-burned-by-wildfires-in-the-us/
Aon, Number of acres burned by wildfires in the U.S. from 2000 to 2016 (in million acres) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/511072/acres-burned-by-wildfires-in-the-us/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Number of acres burned by wildfires in the U.S. from 2000 to 2016 (in million acres) [Graph], Aon, January 17, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/511072/acres-burned-by-wildfires-in-the-us/