Event Details
Disaster Type
Wildfire
Start Date
Jan. 1, 2006
End Date
Dec. 31, 2006
Cost
$1.47B
Deaths
28
Affected States
Affected States
Unaffected States
Description
Numerous wildfires driven by dry weather and high winds burned over 9.8 million acres, across the western half of the country including Alaska. This is the second highest annual total behind the 10.1 million acres burned in 2015 since record-keeping began in 1960. The most affected states were AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, ID, MT, NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, WA, WY