Over 147 million acres burned in the U.S. between 2001 and 2021

The largest acreage burned in 2015 with more than 10.1 million. The lowest occurred in 2010 with about 3.4 million acres.

2004 acreage does not include state lands for North Carolina.
Chart: Emily Schmidt, APM Research Lab Source: National Interagency Fire Center Get the data