| WILDFIRES BY STATE, 2014 |
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| State |
Number of fires |
Number of acres burned |
| Alabama |
2,093 |
40,527 |
| Alaska |
384 |
233,561 |
| Arizona |
1,543 |
205,199 |
| Arkansas |
1,302 |
20,164 |
| California |
7,865 |
555,044 |
| Colorado |
830 |
24,949 |
| Connecticut |
28 |
69 |
| Delaware |
(1) |
(1) |
| Florida |
2,436 |
101,599 |
| Georgia |
3,562 |
19,199 |
| Hawaii |
(1) |
(1) |
| Idaho |
1,180 |
189,430 |
| Illinois |
36 |
727 |
| Indiana |
54 |
276 |
| Iowa |
577 |
11,347 |
| Kansas |
68 |
31,261 |
| Kentucky |
1,466 |
43,199 |
| Louisiana |
1,005 |
25,337 |
| Maine |
282 |
158 |
| Maryland |
125 |
1,802 |
| Massachusetts |
1,169 |
1,197 |
| Michigan |
268 |
716 |
| Minnesota |
990 |
4,367 |
| Mississippi |
97 |
10,053 |
| Missouri |
105 |
5,607 |
| Montana |
1,646 |
38,118 |
| Nebraska |
38 |
992 |
| Nevada |
531 |
59,252 |
| New Hampshire |
62 |
45 |
| New Jersey |
962 |
10,400 |
| New Mexico |
728 |
23,440 |
| New York |
94 |
582 |
| North Carolina |
4,625 |
15,601 |
| North Dakota |
567 |
4,069 |
| Ohio |
63 |
684 |
| Oklahoma |
1,007 |
157,080 |
| Oregon |
3,087 |
984,629 |
| Pennsylvania |
877 |
4,519 |
| Rhode Island |
1 |
0 |
| South Carolina |
1,374 |
8,312 |
| South Dakota |
918 |
13,127 |
| Tennessee |
1,249 |
156,391 |
| Texas |
9,677 |
131,138 |
| Utah |
1,035 |
28,255 |
| Vermont |
53 |
91 |
| Virginia |
736 |
10,446 |
| Washington |
1,480 |
386,972 |
| West Virginia |
671 |
8,286 |
| Wisconsin |
613 |
3,268 |
| Wyoming |
403 |
7,836 |
| United States (2) |
63,612 |
3,595,613 |
(1) Delaware and Hawaii had no wildfires in 2014.
(2) Includes Puerto Rico which had 3,647 fires that burned 16,292 acres.
Source: National Interagency Fire Center. |
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