United States wildfire burn zone disaster data, 2000 to 2025doi:10.7910/DVN/DWILBWHarvard Dataverse2025-03-314Piepmeier, Logan; Casey, Joan A; Wilner, Lauren Blair, 2025, "United States wildfire burn zone disaster data, 2000 to 2025", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DWILBW, Harvard Dataverse, V4United States wildfire burn zone disaster data, 2000 to 2025doi:10.7910/DVN/DWILBWPiepmeier, LoganCasey, Joan AWilner, Lauren BlairHarvard DataverseCasey, Joan AWilner, Lauren Blair2025-03-31Earth and Environmental SciencesSocial SciencesDisastersWildfiresThe dataset includes the following files: <br> <br> 1. `wfbz_disasters_2000-2025.geojson`: A GeoJSON file containing spatial data for 6,212 wildfire burn zone disasters across the U.S. from 2000 to 2025. This harmonized dataset identifies wildfires that burned near communities and resulted in one or more civilian fatalities, one or more destroyed structures, or federal disaster relief. The file also includes an additional 153 wildfire burn zones that did not intersect with a community and 506 wildfire burn zones that lacked spatial data beyond state and county level, but that met the fatality, structure, or Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) criteria. <br> 2. `wfbz_disasters_data_dictionary_2000-2025.md`: A data dictionary file providing detailed variable definitions, data collection methods, and metadata. <br> <br> We built the national wildfire burn zone disaster dataset by harmonizing six wildfire datasets. The annual number of disasters in the dataset ranges from 61 (in 2001) to 570 (in 2011), with a median of 217 disasters per year. The dataset will be kept current and updated annually.<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>wfbz_disasters_2000-2025.geojsonapplication/geo+jsonwfbz_disasters_data_dictionary_2000-2025.mdtext/markdown