{"id":1470099,"date":"2024-06-08T01:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1470099"},"modified":"2024-06-08T01:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T05:50:00","slug":"visualizing-four-decades-of-us-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/visualizing-four-decades-of-us-wildfires\/1470099\/","title":{"rendered":"Visualizing Four Decades Of US Wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visualizing Four Decades Of US Wildfires <\/span><\/p>\n

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A complex interplay of factors are leading to North America\u2019s long wildfire season: increasing summer temperatures, erratic precipitation patterns, changing land use, and ironically, fire suppression practices.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But what does the data say? Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao visualizes<\/a> the millions of acres burned by U.S. wildfires from 1983 to May 2024, per statistics from the\u00a0National Interagency Fire Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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2010 and 2015 Saw Record Land Burned by Wildfires<\/h2>\n

From glancing at the chart, it\u2019s apparent that U.S. wildfires are burning significantly\u00a0more acres on average<\/a>\u00a0in the 2010s than they did in the 1980s. Interestingly, the\u00a0World Economic Forum<\/a>\u00a0points out that while the number of fires itself has fallen since 2005, the\u00a0land burned<\/strong>\u00a0has increased, indicating wildfire intensity has grown.<\/p>\n

Year
\n\t\t\tMillion Acres Burned
\n\t\t1983
\n\t\t\t1.3
\n\t\t1984
\n\t\t\t1.1
\n\t\t1985
\n\t\t\t2.9
\n\t\t1986
\n\t\t\t2.7
\n\t\t1987
\n\t\t\t2.4
\n\t\t1988
\n\t\t\t5.0
\n\t\t1989
\n\t\t\t1.8
\n\t\t1990
\n\t\t\t4.6
\n\t\t1991
\n\t\t\t3.0
\n\t\t1992
\n\t\t\t2.1
\n\t\t1993
\n\t\t\t1.8
\n\t\t1994
\n\t\t\t4.1
\n\t\t1995
\n\t\t\t1.8
\n\t\t1996
\n\t\t\t6.1
\n\t\t1997
\n\t\t\t2.9
\n\t\t1998
\n\t\t\t1.3
\n\t\t1999
\n\t\t\t5.7
\n\t\t2000
\n\t\t\t7.4
\n\t\t2001
\n\t\t\t3.6
\n\t\t2002
\n\t\t\t7.2
\n\t\t2003
\n\t\t\t4.0
\n\t\t2004*
\n\t\t\t8.1
\n\t\t2005
\n\t\t\t8.7
\n\t\t2006
\n\t\t\t9.9
\n\t\t2007
\n\t\t\t9.3
\n\t\t2008
\n\t\t\t5.3
\n\t\t2009
\n\t\t\t5.9
\n\t\t2010
\n\t\t\t3.4
\n\t\t2011
\n\t\t\t8.7
\n\t\t2012
\n\t\t\t9.3
\n\t\t2013
\n\t\t\t4.3
\n\t\t2014
\n\t\t\t3.6
\n\t\t2015
\n\t\t\t10.1
\n\t\t2016
\n\t\t\t5.5
\n\t\t2017
\n\t\t\t10.0
\n\t\t2018
\n\t\t\t8.8
\n\t\t2019
\n\t\t\t4.7
\n\t\t2020
\n\t\t\t10.1
\n\t\t2021
\n\t\t\t7.1
\n\t\t2022
\n\t\t\t7.6
\n\t\t2023
\n\t\t\t2.7
\n\t\t2024**
\n\t\t\t1.9<\/p>\n

*Doesn\u2019t include North Carolina data. **As of May 27, 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2015, wildfires burned more than\u00a010 million acres\u00a0in the country, a first since these records began.<\/strong> Five years later saw a repeat, thanks to\u00a0four Californian fires<\/a>\u00a0that together burned more than 2.3 million acres in the state.<\/p>\n

For comparison, U.S. wildfires burned approximately 2.7 million acres in total in 2023, the\u00a0lowest amount\u00a0recorded since 1998. <\/strong>An unusually wet Californian summer helped prevent errant sparks from turning into raging disasters.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, in August, a devastating fire nearly wiped out the historic town of Lahaina, Maui, killing at least 100 people.<\/p>\n

Finally, U.S. wildfires have burned\u00a01.9 million acres<\/strong>\u00a0in 2024 so far, currently below the 10-year annual average of 7.2 million acres. However,\u00a0experts predict<\/a>\u00a0a hotter-than-usual summer and autumn, and fire activity is expected to increase as the summer progresses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 06\/07\/2024 – 21:50<\/span><\/p>\n

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