Are Wildfires Increasing or Decreasing in the U.S.?

1 in 6 Americans live in areas with significant wildfire risk

Nearly 80 million properties in the United States stand a significant chance of exposure to fire, according to a model built by the nonprofit ...

Residential fire estimate summaries (2013-2022)

Overall trends · A 4% decrease in fires. · A 1% increase in deaths. · An 8% decrease in injuries. · A 21% increase in dollar loss*.

What caused Maui's wildfires to move shockingly fast? Here's what ...

Destruction caused by wildfires in the United States has significantly increased in the last two decades. An average of 72,400 wildfires ...

State of Wildfires 2023–2024 - ESSD Copernicus

Climate change contributes to the increased frequency and intensity of wildfires globally, with significant impacts on society and the ...

USA: Climate change will increase wildfire risk and extend fire season

Wildfires are some of the most destructive natural disasters in the country, threatening lives, destroying homes and infrastructure, ...

Controlled burns help prevent wildfires. Climate change is limiting ...

Rising temperatures will cut the number of days when conditions favor prescribed fires by 17% on average across the Western U.S., mostly in ...

2024 Amazon Fires - Rainforest Foundation US

The Brazilian Amazon registered a 104% increase in fire hotspots during the same eight-month period (January to August) compared to 2023, worsening an already ...

Wildfires | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov

Over the last several decades, both the incidence of large wildfires and the duration of the wildfire season across much of the United States have increased ( ...

Wildland Fire - Arctic Council

Climate change is expected to further increase the length of the fire season, possibly create drier conditions and increase the number of lightning strikes1.

Wildfires - World Health Organization (WHO)

Wildfires are increasing around the globe in frequency, severity and duration, heightening the need to understand the health effects of wildfire exposure.

The Connection Between Climate Change and Wildfires

Wildfire activity in the US is changing dangerously, as conditions become hotter and drier due to climate change.

Less Severe Forest Fires Can Reduce Intensity of Future Blazes

Low- and moderate-severity forest wildfires can reduce the intensity of future conflagrations for as long as 20 years in certain climates, according to new ...

To Protect Forests, They Must Be Logged and Burned

Wildfire activity has increased markedly and steadily in the Western United States since the 1970s, causing damage to ecosystems as well as ...

Extreme wildfires are on the rise globally, powered by the climate crisis

An analysis of 88 million wildfire observations over the past 21 years shows a strong increase in the frequency and intensity of the most ...

Fire, Forests and Communities | Conservation Northwest

But many of the extreme fires across Washington and other Western states recently are anything but natural—ignited by humans and accelerated by climate change.

More logging is proposed to help curb wildfires in the US Pacific ...

But federal officials now say worsening wildfires due to climate change mean forests must be more actively managed to increase their resiliency.

Wildfires: Burning Through State Budgets | The Pew Charitable Trusts

Wildfires in the United States have become more catastrophic and expensive in recent years, with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the ...

Climate change almost wipes out decline in global area burned by ...

A decline in the area burned globally by wildfires over the 20th century due to land-use change has almost entirely been offset by the increase caused by ...

Fighting Fire with Fire—The Forest Service Plans to Increase Use of ...

... U.S. Forest Service plans to increase its use of “prescribed fires ... reducing wildfire risk both internally and to the public. And ...

The Impact of Wildfires on Internal Migration in the United States

The decrease in low-income population implies that federal firefighting and other fire mitigation expenditures may become increasingly ...