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Map shows rising wildfire threat across the U.S.: ... are also very high-risk zones. For example, about 58% of St. George, Utah’s 180,000 residents live in a “very high” wildfire risk area ...
Following January’s deadly and destructive California wildfires, the Department of the Interior has released maps notifying Americans if they live in at-risk areas over the course of this spring
In the early 20th century, for example, the federal government, through the U.S. Army and the U.S. Forest Service, solicited fire suppression as a primary goal of managing the nation's forests. At this time in history fire was viewed as a threat to timber, an economically important natural resource. As such, the decision was made to devote ...
The fire destroyed roughly one-third of Slave Lake and cost $1.8 billion. 2011: 4,011,709 acres (1,623,481 ha) 2011 Texas wildfires: Texas: Wildfires began in November 2010 and continued to rage due to a severe drought that lasted 271 months. 47.3% of all acreage burned in the United States in 2011 was burned in Texas.
Wildfires in the United States articles (2024–present) 2024 , 2025 This is a list of wildfires across the United States during 2024, that have burned more than 1,000 acres (400 hectares), produced significant structural damage or casualties, or otherwise been notable.
See a map of the latest wildfires. The latest Los Angeles County wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, began as a brush fire Wednesday a little before 11 a.m. before spreading to over 8,000 acres by ...
2014 Northwest Territories fires Canada: 3,000,000 0 [13] 10 2020 California wildfires United States: 1,779,730 33 [14] 11 2010 Bolivia forest fires Bolivia: 1,500,000 0 [15] 12 2006–2007 Australian bushfire season Australia: 1,300,000 5 [16] 13 2017 British Columbia wildfires Canada: 1,148,000 0 [17] 14 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires ...
And the Hurst Fire, in the San Fernando Valley northwest of downtown L.A., has forced evacuations of nearby residents. Several landmarks have sustained damage or are in imminent danger. Many ...