“wildfire” Charts
Wildfires: Lightning-Caused vs. Human-Caused »
On average, there were more human-caused wildfires (64,655) per year than lightning-caused wildfires (10,941) in the U.S. from 2001-2012. However,…
Wildfire Suppression Costs Increasing »
From 1985 to 2012, there has been an upward trend in the cost to suppress wildfires in the United States.…
Acres Covered by Wildfires On the Rise »
2011 saw an explosion in the number of acres covered by wildfires, a figure that was surpassed itself in 2012.…
Number of Wildfires on a Decline »
After an enormous leap in the number of wildfires in 2006, subsequent years have seen less and less of them,…