Acres Covered by Wildfires On the Rise


by Peter Graham on Jul 1, 2013 | Views: 67 | Score: 0
Created with Highcharts 4.2.3 /Highstock 4.2.3# of acres covered by wildfiresAcreage20032004200520062007200820092010201120123 mil4 mil5 mil6 mil7 mil8 mil9 mil10 mil11 mil
Acreage
20033960842
20048097880
20058689389
20069873745
20079328045
20085292468
20095921786
20103422724
20118711367
20129326238
# of acres covered by wildfires
Sources: usfa.fema.gov
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Peter Graham on Jul 1, 2013 7:41 AM said:

2011 saw an explosion in the number of acres covered by wildfires, a figure that was surpassed itself in 2012. The acreage affected had been on a decline since a high in 2006.