U.S. structure fire property damage 1977-2019

In 2019, there were a total number of 481,500 structure fires reported in the United States, which caused property damage worth about 12.29 billion U.S. dollars. This is a slight increase from the previous year, where structure fires caused property damage worth 11.07 billion U.S. dollars.

Reported direct property damage caused by structure fires in the United States from 1977 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)*

Characteristic	Reported property damage (in billion U.S. dollars)
1977	4.1
1978	4
1979	5
1980	5.5
1981	6
1982	5.7
1983	5.8
1984	5.9
1985	6.4
1986	5.8
1987	6.2
1988	7.2
1989	7.5
1990	6.7
1991	8.3
1992	7
1993	7.4
1994	6.9
1995	7.6
1996	7.9
1997	7.1
1998	6.7
1999	8.5
2000	8.5
2001	8.9
2002	8.7
2003	8.7
2004	8.3
2005	9.2
2006	9.6
2007	10.6
2008	12.4
2009	10.8
2010	9.7
2011	9.7
2012	9.8
2013	9.5
2014	9.8
2015	10.3
2016	7.8
2017	10.7
2018	11.1
2019	12.29

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1977 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Figures prior to 2018 come from an earlier report.
Values are estimates

*Some major incidents are excluded from the total. See below for a list of excluded incidents.

Does not include the Southern California wildfires 2003 with an estimated property damage of $2 billion.
This does not include the California Fire Storm 2007 with an estimated property damage of $1.8 million.
Does not include the California wildfires 2008 with an estimated property damage of $1.4 billion.
Does not include the Gatlinburg, Tennessee wildfires 2016 with an estimated property damage of $911 million.
Does not include the Northern California wildfires 2018 with an estimated property damage of $10 billion.
Does not include the Major Wildfires 2018 with an estimated property damage of $12.4 billion.

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