Number of fires on forest and other land in the United States

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This statistic describes the number of fires on forest and other land in the United States from 1990 to 2005. In 1990, a total number of 112,440 fires in the United States on land area was reported, of which almost 79 thousand were on forest land.

Number of fires on forest and other land in the United States from 1990 to 2005

Characteristic	1990	2000	2005*
Total land area affected by fire	112,440	84,663	73,057
...of which on forest	78,708	59,264	51,140
...of which on other wooded land	14,617	11,006	9,497
...of which on other land	19,115	14,393	12,420

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Release date

June 2010

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United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2005

Supplementary notes

* Data revised based on new data from National Interagency Fire Center. Forest and other wooded land data prorated based on burn severity/NLCD overlays of major fires for 2004-2007. Ratios for 2005 applied to total fire area for 1990 and 2000. Number of fires prorated according to fire area for each period.

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