Dataset

Average acres burned per wildfire in the United States

owid.acres-burned-per-wildfire-usa
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Cite as: National Interagency Fire Center – processed by Our World in Data. “Acres burned per fire - comparable data (NIFC)” [dataset]. National Interagency Fire Center, “Wildfire data in the US” [original data].

Publisher
Our World in Data
Tier
Official
Covers
1983–2020
Places
Countries, regions and groups of the world
Updated
irregular
Last modified
2018-09-20
Units
acres per fire
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Method
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/acres-burned-per-wildfire-usa

Columns

NameTypeDescription
entitytextcountry, region or group
codetextISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions
yearinteger
acres_burned_per_fire__comparable_data__nifcnumberAcres burned per fire - comparable data (NIFC) (acres per fire)

Dimensions

NameValues
entity
year

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