wildfire

uncontrolled fire in forests or open spaces
Thing fire_type Q169950
wildfire
U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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wildfire

Summary

wildfire is a fire type[1]. wildfire draws 2,590 Wikipedia views per month (fire_type category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • wildfire's instance of is recorded as fire type[3].
  • The location of wildfire was forest[4].
  • The location of wildfire was shrubland[5].
  • The location of wildfire was meadow[6].
  • The location of wildfire was field[7].
  • wildfire is a type of conflagration[8].
  • wildfire's Commons category is recorded as Wildfires[9].
  • wildfire's has cause is recorded as global warming[10].
  • wildfire's has cause is recorded as lightning[11].
  • wildfire's has cause is recorded as incident[12].
  • wildfire's has cause is recorded as neglect[13].
  • wildfire's has cause is recorded as pyromania[14].
  • wildfire's has cause is recorded as controlled burn[15].
  • wildfire's has cause is recorded as volcanism[16].
  • wildfire's Commons gallery is recorded as Wildfire[17].
  • wildfire's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • wildfire's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[19].
  • wildfire's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox wildfire[20].
  • wildfire's has effect is recorded as air pollution[21].
  • wildfire's has effect is recorded as change[22].
  • wildfire's has effect is recorded as soil retrogression and degradation[23].
  • wildfire's has effect is recorded as plant reproduction[24].
  • wildfire's has effect is recorded as smell of burning[25].
  • wildfire's has effect is recorded as desertification[26].
  • wildfire's has effect is recorded as biodiversity loss[27].

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Definition and Type

wildfire's instance of is recorded as fire type[3]. wildfire is a type of conflagration[8].

Why It Matters

wildfire draws 2,590 Wikipedia views per month (fire_type category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] wildfire has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] wildfire is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 20d ago · Nat (WDU) · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location forest, shrubland, meadow +1
    Subclass of conflagration
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    Analysis & policy observatory term id 99291
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29431|batch #29431]]: UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profile ID for extreme weather events"
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