“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,…

Steven Davies
by: Steven Davies
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Wildfire Suppression Costs Increasing »

From 1985 to 2012, there has been an upward trend in the cost to suppress wildfires in the United States.…

Steven Davies
by: Steven Davies
views: 220

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.…

Peter Graham
by: Peter Graham
views: 43

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,…

Peter Graham
by: Peter Graham
views: 71