Global Extreme Weather and Climate Change Dashboard

A project by Roger Pielke Jr., author of The Honest Broker · Data last updated August 19, 2026

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Wildfire — Dry Matter Combusted (GFED5) — North America

Annual

North America's dry-matter-combusted total by fire type, summed from GFED5's basis regions (same 7-way breakdown the global Wildfire page uses). Unit: 1e12 g/year (DM).

Source: Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED5)

Computing trend…