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Wildfires by State 2025

Alabama: 1,856 Alaska: 346 Arizona: 1,837 Arkansas: 147 California: 7,364 Colorado: 861 Connecticut: 499 Delaware: 1 Florida: 2,730 Georgia: 2,386 Hawaii: 214 Idaho: 892 Illinois: 22 Indiana: 47 Iowa: 6 Kansas: 49 Kentucky: 9 Louisiana: 1,467 Maine: 493 Maryland: 196 Massachusetts: 1,079 Michigan: 466 Minnesota: 836 Mississippi: 2,383 Missouri: 127 Montana: 1,662 Nebraska: 569 Nevada: 375 New Hampshire: 52 New Jersey: 1,194 New Mexico: 1,019 New York: 150 North Carolina: 5,214 North Dakota: 471 Ohio: 883 Oklahoma: 1,580 Oregon: 1,979 Pennsylvania: 1,910 Rhode Island: 78 South Carolina: 22 South Dakota: 177 Tennessee: 772 Texas: 7,102 Utah: 782 Vermont: 67 Virginia: 43 Washington: 1,707 West Virginia: 1,124 Wisconsin: 1,086 Wyoming: 249

# of Wildfires 2023

State
# of Wildfires 2023
Acres Burned 2023
California Flag
California7,364332,722
Texas Flag
Texas7,102210,264
North Carolina Flag
North Carolina5,21473,953
Florida Flag
Florida2,73099,642
Georgia Flag
Georgia2,38610,330
Mississippi Flag
Mississippi2,38352,508
Oregon Flag
Oregon1,979202,035
Pennsylvania Flag
Pennsylvania1,9109,628
Alabama Flag
Alabama1,85618,335
Arizona Flag
Arizona1,837188,483
Washington Flag
Washington1,707151,316
Montana Flag
Montana1,662123,133
Oklahoma Flag
Oklahoma1,580162,489
Louisiana Flag
Louisiana1,46722,103
New Jersey Flag
New Jersey1,19418,033
West Virginia Flag
West Virginia1,12445,679
Wisconsin Flag
Wisconsin1,0864,883
Massachusetts Flag
Massachusetts1,0791,468
New Mexico Flag
New Mexico1,019212,378
Idaho Flag
Idaho89287,801
Ohio Flag
Ohio8832,469
Colorado Flag
Colorado86141,917
Minnesota Flag
Minnesota8369,416
Utah Flag
Utah78218,109
Tennessee Flag
Tennessee77215,394
Nebraska Flag
Nebraska569180,733
Connecticut Flag
Connecticut499297
Maine Flag
Maine493325
North Dakota Flag
North Dakota4714,183
Michigan Flag
Michigan4664,287
Nevada Flag
Nevada3751,300
Alaska Flag
Alaska346314,276
Wyoming Flag
Wyoming2497,934
Hawaii Flag
Hawaii21412,059
Maryland Flag
Maryland1964,486
South Dakota Flag
South Dakota177945
New York Flag
New York1501,383
Arkansas Flag
Arkansas1475,659
Missouri Flag
Missouri1279,499
Rhode Island Flag
Rhode Island78582
Vermont Flag
Vermont6762
New Hampshire Flag
New Hampshire5258
Kansas Flag
Kansas4917,963
Indiana Flag
Indiana47521
Virginia Flag
Virginia4312,085
Illinois Flag
Illinois22111
South Carolina Flag
South Carolina22591
Kentucky Flag
Kentucky970
Iowa Flag
Iowa66
Delaware Flag
Delaware10
District of Columbia Flag
District of Columbia00
  • Wildfires vary in size depending upon factors including weather, location/accessability, vegetation/combustibles present, and availability of fire crews.
  • Because of this variation, the number of wildfires in a state is an inexact indicator of the total acres burned in a state.
  • The most obvious example of the indirect connection between number of wildfires and total acres burned is arguably Alaska, where factors such as remoteness, terrain, and low firefighter availability often make wildfires more difficult to contain.
  • In 2023, Alaska experienced 346 wildfires, which burned 314,276 acres. The only state to lose more acreage (332,722) was California, which experienced 7,364 fires—more than 20 times as many as Alaska. The state closest to Alaska by number of wildfires was Nevada, which endured 375 wildfires and lost only 1300 acres.