Total Wildland Fires and Acres (1960-2009) | ||
Figures prior to 1983 may be revised as NICC verifies historical data. | ||
Year | Fires | Acres |
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 | 1,329,704 |
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 | 66,481 | 4,621,621 |
1989 | 48,949 | 1,827,310 |
1988 | 72,750 | 5,009,290 |
1987 | 71,300 | 2,447,296 |
1986 | 85,907 | 2,719,162 |
1985 | 82,591 | 2,896,147 |
1984 | 20,493 | 1,148,409 |
1983 | 18,229 | 1,323,666 |
1982 | 174,755 | 2,382,036 |
1981 | 249,370 | 4,814,206 |
1980 | 234,892 | 5,260,825 |
1979 | 163,196 | 2,986,826 |
1978 | 218,842 | 3,910,913 |
1977 | 173,998 | 3,152,644 |
1976 | 241,699 | 5,109,926 |
1975 | 134,872 | 1,791,327 |
1974 | 145,868 | 2,879,095 |
1973 | 117,957 | 1,915,273 |
1972 | 124,554 | 2,641,166 |
1971 | 108,398 | 4,278,472 |
1970 | 121,736 | 3,278,565 |
1969 | 113,351 | 6,689,081 |
1968 | 125,371 | 4,231,996 |
1967 | 125,025 | 4,658,586 |
1966 | 122,500 | 4,574,389 |
1965 | 113,684 | 2,652,112 |
1964 | 116,358 | 4,197,309 |
1963 | 164,183 | 7,120,768 |
1962 | 115,345 | 4,078,894 |
1961 | 98,517 | 3,036,219 |
1960 | 103,387 | 4,478,188 |
The National Interagency Coordination Center at NIFC compiles annual wildland fire statistics for federal and state agencies. This information is provided through Situation Reports, which have been in use for several decades. Prior to 1983, sources of these figures are not known, or cannot be confirmed, and were not derived from the current situation reporting process. As a result the figures above prior to 1983 shouldn’t be compared to later data. * 2004 fires and acres do not include state lands for North CarolinaSource: National Interagency Coordination Center |