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U.S. Wildfire Acres Burned This Year
Acres burned by wildfires in the U.S., year to date
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. Shaded: the range about two in three outcomes land in. A projection, not a promise.
From the National Interagency Fire Center. Resets each January.
The running total of land burned by wildfires each year. Comparing the shape of each year shows whether a fire season is running ahead or behind.
What this chart reads
- US Wildfire Acres Burned · Year to Dateas “Acres burned, year to date”latest 2026-10-23
Sources
US Wildfire Acres Burned · Year to Date. Source: NIFC National Fire News year-to-date statistics. Public, updated most mornings in fire season.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.