| Top 10 States For Wildfires Ranked By Number Of Fires And By Number Of Acres Burned, 2016 |
|
| Rank |
State |
Number of fires |
Rank |
State |
Number of acres burned |
| 1 |
Texas |
9,300 |
1 |
Oklahoma |
767,780 |
| 2 |
California |
7,349 |
2 |
California |
560,815 |
| 3 |
Georgia |
5,086 |
3 |
Alaska |
496,467 |
| 4 |
North Carolina |
4,007 |
4 |
Idaho |
361,649 |
| 5 |
Alabama |
3,923 |
5 |
Texas |
356,680 |
| 6 |
Florida |
3,067 |
6 |
Kansas |
349,829 |
| 7 |
Missouri |
2,610 |
7 |
Arizona |
308,245 |
| 8 |
Arizona |
2,288 |
8 |
Washington |
293,717 |
| 9 |
Tennessee |
2,165 |
9 |
Nevada |
265,156 |
| 10 |
Montana |
2,026 |
10 |
Oregon |
219,509 |
Source: National Interagency Fire Center. |
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