There are 1.9 billion acres in the contiguous US, making 1% about 19 million acres. a bad wildfire year is ~10 million acres or ~0.5% (https://fas.org/sgp/crs/

There are 1.9 billion acres in the contiguous US, making 1% about 19 million acres. a bad wildfire year is ~10 million acres or ~0.5% (https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/IF10244.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/IF10244.pdf). It seems conceivable that we surpass that significantly this year.