Leading causes of wildfires in the U.S. by season 1992-2012

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Erick Burgueño Salas,
Mar 20, 2023
This statistic shows the leading causes of wildfires in the United States from 1992 to 2012, by season. During that time period, 38 percent of human-caused wildfires began in spring, compared to only nine percent of wildfires caused by lightning strikes.

Leading causes of wildfires in the United States from 1992 to 2012, by season

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March 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

1992 to 2012

Special properties

245,446 lightning-started fires and 1,272,076 human-started wildfires

Supplementary notes

Human-caused wildfires are those caused by equipment use, smoking, campfires, railroad, arson, debris burning, children, fireworks, power lines, structures, and miscellaneous fires.

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