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This chart shows all fires that burned over 300 acres each year from 2000 to 2017 in California, including the December 2017 blazes.

Data: CAL FIRE. Data was compiled with help from Jill Hubley. Get the data. Chart: Lazaro Gamio/Axios

Go deeper: Wildfires are burning longer and hotter each year

9. Wildfires in California

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Data visualization 2017

<p>This chart shows all fires that burned over 300 acres each year from 2000 to 2017 in California, including the December 2017 blazes.</p><div><figure><div id="av-2017-12-14-wildfire-patterns" style="max-width:100%" data-vars-category="embed" data-vars-sub-category="axios-visual" data-vars-asset-id="av-2017-12-14-wildfire-patterns" class="gtmView"><img alt="Data: CAL FIRE. Data was compiled with help from Jill Hubley. Get the data. Chart: Lazaro Gamio/Axios" class="axios-visual-newsletter-fallback-image" src="https://graphics.axios.com/2017-12-14-wildfire-patterns/fallbacks/2017-12-14-wildfire-patterns-fallback.png" width="1290" height="1840"/><img alt="Data: CAL FIRE. Data was compiled with help from Jill Hubley. Get the data. Chart: Lazaro Gamio/Axios" class="axios-visual-apple-fallback-image" src="https://graphics.axios.com/2017-12-14-wildfire-patterns/fallbacks/2017-12-14-wildfire-patterns-apple.png" width="909" height="2054"/></div><figcaption>Data: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="CAL FIRE" data-vars-click-url="http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_statsevents" data-vars-content-id="4d3afb0c-05f0-4288-b181-941934e44f95" data-vars-headline="9. Wildfires in California" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_statsevents" target="_blank">CAL FIRE</a>. Data was compiled with help from <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Jill Hubley" data-vars-click-url="https://twitter.com/Jill_hubley/status/940678048491458562" data-vars-content-id="4d3afb0c-05f0-4288-b181-941934e44f95" data-vars-headline="9. Wildfires in California" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://twitter.com/Jill_hubley/status/940678048491458562" target="_blank">Jill Hubley</a>. <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Get the data" data-vars-click-url="https://gist.github.com/lazarogamio/d64e0d04b1ce1f2a3bd08db7526fa632" data-vars-content-id="4d3afb0c-05f0-4288-b181-941934e44f95" data-vars-headline="9. Wildfires in California" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://gist.github.com/lazarogamio/d64e0d04b1ce1f2a3bd08db7526fa632" target="_blank">Get the data</a>. Chart: Lazaro Gamio/Axios</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Wildfires are burning longer and hotter each year" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/fires-rage-with-no-regard-for-season-1513206927-2f9644ce-e9b0-4225-8737-d2e3c73f66d8.html" data-vars-content-id="4d3afb0c-05f0-4288-b181-941934e44f95" data-vars-headline="9. Wildfires in California" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/fires-rage-with-no-regard-for-season-1513206927-2f9644ce-e9b0-4225-8737-d2e3c73f66d8.html" target="_self">Wildfires are burning longer and hotter each year</a></p><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>