Acres burned by decade in the federal record
Acres burned in large mapped fires went from 25.4 million in the 1990s to 62.7 million in the 2000s and 59.1 million in the 2010s. The busiest single year is 2020, with 9.7 million.
By decade
Millions of acres burned by decade
By year
Millions of acres burned by year
| 2020 | 471 | 9,658,098 |
| 2015 | 562 | 9,160,415 |
| 2005 | 790 | 9,082,471 |
| 2017 | 653 | 8,924,346 |
| 2007 | 914 | 8,571,674 |
| 2012 | 598 | 8,487,770 |
| 2004 | 536 | 8,174,928 |
| 2006 | 1,067 | 8,122,350 |
| 2011 | 824 | 7,763,249 |
| 2018 | 555 | 7,471,903 |
| 2021 | 426 | 7,076,496 |
| 2022 | 539 | 6,870,039 |
| 2024 | 413 | 6,539,657 |
| 2000 | 824 | 6,390,196 |
| 2002 | 534 | 6,140,517 |
| 1999 | 668 | 5,332,795 |
| 1996 | 659 | 4,934,599 |
| 1988 | 496 | 4,556,690 |
| 2009 | 508 | 4,463,737 |
| 2008 | 758 | 4,444,632 |
| 2016 | 528 | 4,281,975 |
| 2003 | 591 | 4,229,172 |
| 2019 | 390 | 4,198,854 |
| 2013 | 333 | 3,875,076 |
| 1990 | 341 | 3,102,688 |
| 2001 | 592 | 3,054,332 |
| 2014 | 314 | 2,979,884 |
| 1987 | 557 | 2,771,007 |
| 1994 | 614 | 2,727,321 |
| 1985 | 341 | 2,253,140 |
| 1991 | 462 | 2,199,255 |
| 2023 | 339 | 1,970,514 |
| 2010 | 332 | 1,959,984 |
| 1998 | 429 | 1,833,054 |
| 1989 | 380 | 1,679,153 |
| 1992 | 413 | 1,601,867 |
| 1986 | 362 | 1,561,081 |
| 1993 | 305 | 1,492,789 |
| 2026 | 20 | 1,463,069 |
| 1995 | 350 | 1,345,010 |
| 2025 | 54 | 1,177,711 |
| 1984 | 189 | 1,094,018 |
| 1997 | 262 | 836,840 |