Acres Burned In California By Year 2025 To Present. In 2020, 4.2 million acres burned in california, more than double the area burned in any previous year. At least 10 people have been killed and some 10,000 homes and other buildings have been burned in wildfires.
There is a clear increasing trend in acres burned in california wildfires since 2011, with 2020 hosting more than twice the maximum amount of acres burned in a previous year. The palisades fire alone has burned through over 17,000 acres of land in two days.