Forest Fires: Historical Data

Total Wildland Fires and Acres (1988-2012)
Year	Fires	Acres
2012 (to-date)	56,083	9,177,168
2011	74,126	8,711,367
2010	71,971	3,422,724
2009	78,792	5,921,786
2008	78,979	5,292,468
2007	85,705	9,328,045
2006	96,385	9,873,745
2005	66,753	8,689,389
2004	65,461	*8,097,880
2003	63,629	3,960,842
2002	73,457	7,184,712
2001	84,079	3,570,911
2000	92,250	7,393,493
1999	92,487	5,626,093
1998	81,043	2,329,704
1997	66,196	2,856,959
1996	96,363	6,065,998
1995	82,234	1,840,546
1994	79,107	4,073,579
1993	58,810	1,797,574
1992	87,394	2,069,929
1991	75,754	2,953,578
1990	122,763	5,452,874
1989	121,714	3,261,732
1988	154,573	7,398,889
* 2004 fires and acres do not include state lands for North Carolina

Forest Fires in the United States

Wildland and forest fires affect several million acres of land each year. View the table to the right to see the data for fires in the United States.

Source: National Interagency Coordination Center. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho is the nation’s support center for wildland firefighting. Seven federal and state agencies work together to coordinate and support wildland fire and disaster operations. .

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