Wildfire Statistics Dashboard

• Resource shortages: Many regions face a 40–50% drop in firefighter applications and staffing.
• Climate change: Longer, hotter fire seasons and earlier spring peaks.
• Urban expansion: More homes and infrastructure in fire-prone areas.
• Old detection systems: Over 60% of detection infrastructure is outdated.

• Suppression focus: 75% of funding goes to suppression, only 25% to prevention.
• Prescribed burns: Less than 25% of recommended burns are completed annually.
• Data silos: 58% of agencies report difficulty sharing critical information.
• Policy inconsistency: Fragmented response due to varying local and state policies.

This dashboard presents annual wildland fire and acreage statistics for the United States (1983–2024), highlighting trends, averages, and record years. Data is sourced from the National Interagency Fire Center and U.S. Forest Service.