| Top 10 States For Wildfires Ranked By Number Of Fires And By Number Of Acres Burned, 2015 |
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| Rank |
State |
Number of fires |
Rank |
State |
Number of acres burned |
| 1 |
Texas |
9,272 |
1 |
Alaska |
5,111,404 |
| 2 |
California |
8,745 |
2 |
Washington |
1,137,664 |
| 3 |
North Carolina |
3,828 |
3 |
California |
893,362 |
| 4 |
Alabama |
3,198 |
4 |
Idaho |
804,094 |
| 5 |
Missouri |
3,161 |
5 |
Oregon |
685,809 |
| 6 |
Oregon |
2,588 |
6 |
Montana |
351,264 |
| 7 |
Montana |
2,432 |
7 |
Texas |
184,418 |
| 8 |
Florida |
2,422 |
8 |
Arizona |
160,152 |
| 9 |
Georgia |
2,331 |
9 |
Oklahoma |
100,382 |
| 10 |
Mississippi |
2,294 |
10 |
Florida |
73,432 |
Source: National Interagency Fire Center. |
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