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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.
Despite strong funding for fire suppression in the first half of the 20th century, massive wildfires continued to be prevalent across the landscape of North America. Ecologists were beginning to recognize the presence and ecological importance of natural, lightning-ignited wildfires across the United States.
List of fires in San Bernardino National Forest; List of South Dakota wildfires; T. 2011 Texas wildfires; 2022 Texas wildfires; 2024 Texas wildfires; W. List of ...
One of the more recent wildfires in American history, the Tubbs Fire, was caused by a faulty private electrical system in October 2017 and destroyed more than 36,800 acres of land from Sonoma to Napa.
Wildfires in the United States articles (2024–present) 2024 , 2025 This is a list of wildfires across the United States during 2025, that have burned more than 1,000 acres (400 hectares), produced significant structural damage or casualties, or otherwise been notable.
The analysis found that around 3.3 million people in the U.S. live in areas where the wildfire risk is “very high," while another 14.8 million live in areas with "relatively high” risk.
The Los Angeles fires share a key feature with wildfires that burned down Lahaina, Hawaii and Paradise, California Powerful winds met flash-dried landscapes full of vegetation to fuel the flames.
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.