| Total Wildland Fires and Acres (1960-2009) | ||
| Figures prior to 1983 may be revised as NICC verifies historical data. | ||
| Year | Fires | Acres |
| 2011 | 74,126 | 8,711,367 |
| 2010 | 71,971 | 3,422,724 |
| 2009 | 78,792 | 5,921,786 |
| 2008 | 78,979 | 5,292,468 |
| 2007 | 85,705 | 9,328,045 |
| 2006 | 96,385 | 9,873,745 |
| 2005 | 66,753 | 8,689,389 |
| 2004 | 65,461 | *8,097,880 |
| 2003 | 63,629 | 3,960,842 |
| 2002 | 73,457 | 7,184,712 |
| 2001 | 84,079 | 3,570,911 |
| 2000 | 92,250 | 7,393,493 |
| 1999 | 92,487 | 5,626,093 |
| 1998 | 81,043 | 1,329,704 |
| 1997 | 66,196 | 2,856,959 |
| 1996 | 96,363 | 6,065,998 |
| 1995 | 82,234 | 1,840,546 |
| 1994 | 79,107 | 4,073,579 |
| 1993 | 58,810 | 1,797,574 |
| 1992 | 87,394 | 2,069,929 |
| 1991 | 75,754 | 2,953,578 |
| 1990 | 66,481 | 4,621,621 |
| 1989 | 48,949 | 1,827,310 |
| 1988 | 72,750 | 5,009,290 |
| 1987 | 71,300 | 2,447,296 |
| 1986 | 85,907 | 2,719,162 |
| 1985 | 82,591 | 2,896,147 |
| 1984 | 20,493 | 1,148,409 |
| 1983 | 18,229 | 1,323,666 |
| 1982 | 174,755 | 2,382,036 |
| 1981 | 249,370 | 4,814,206 |
| 1980 | 234,892 | 5,260,825 |
| 1979 | 163,196 | 2,986,826 |
| 1978 | 218,842 | 3,910,913 |
| 1977 | 173,998 | 3,152,644 |
| 1976 | 241,699 | 5,109,926 |
| 1975 | 134,872 | 1,791,327 |
| 1974 | 145,868 | 2,879,095 |
| 1973 | 117,957 | 1,915,273 |
| 1972 | 124,554 | 2,641,166 |
| 1971 | 108,398 | 4,278,472 |
| 1970 | 121,736 | 3,278,565 |
| 1969 | 113,351 | 6,689,081 |
| 1968 | 125,371 | 4,231,996 |
| 1967 | 125,025 | 4,658,586 |
| 1966 | 122,500 | 4,574,389 |
| 1965 | 113,684 | 2,652,112 |
| 1964 | 116,358 | 4,197,309 |
| 1963 | 164,183 | 7,120,768 |
| 1962 | 115,345 | 4,078,894 |
| 1961 | 98,517 | 3,036,219 |
| 1960 | 103,387 | 4,478,188 |
| Figures prior to 1983 may be revised as NICC verifies historical data. Stats after 1983 were compiled by states and agencies.
* 2004 fires and acres do not include state lands for North Carolina Source: National Interagency Coordination Center |
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