Wildland Fire Summary and Statistics Annual Report 2017

Overview

The 2017 wildfire year in review:

• 71,499 wildfires reported nationally (compared to 67,743
  wildfires reported in 2016)
• Wildfires consumed 10,026,086 acres reported nationally
  (compared to 5,509,995 acres reported in 2016).
• The Great Basin Area led the nation with
  over 2.1 million acres burned (207 percent of its 10-year average)

…and much more in this data rich report.

We thank National Interagency Coordination Center for sharing this report with our audience.