| Wildfires By State, 2016 |
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| State |
Number of fires |
Number of acres burned |
| Alaska |
572 |
496,467 |
| Alabama |
3,923 |
59,030 |
| Arizona |
2,288 |
308,245 |
| Arkansas |
1,513 |
33,371 |
| California |
7,349 |
560,815 |
| Colorado |
1,190 |
129,495 |
| Connecticut |
268 |
778 |
| Delaware |
(1) |
(1) |
| Florida |
3,067 |
74,416 |
| Georgia |
5,086 |
52,119 |
| Hawaii |
10 |
15,098 |
| Idaho |
630 |
361,649 |
| Illinois |
12 |
133 |
| Indiana |
27 |
620 |
| Iowa |
465 |
21,371 |
| Kansas |
75 |
349,829 |
| Kentucky |
1,220 |
73,864 |
| Louisiana |
508 |
7,799 |
| Maine |
796 |
946 |
| Maryland |
120 |
242 |
| Massachusetts |
1,526 |
1,381 |
| Michigan |
389 |
3,666 |
| Minnesota |
1,422 |
12,268 |
| Mississippi |
94 |
8,128 |
| Missouri |
2,610 |
32,134 |
| Montana |
2,026 |
114,594 |
| Nebraska |
45 |
24,498 |
| Nevada |
467 |
265,156 |
| New Hampshire |
148 |
880 |
| New Jersey |
1,050 |
4,445 |
| New Mexico |
1,240 |
212,425 |
| New York |
196 |
4,236 |
| North Carolina |
4,007 |
88,109 |
| North Dakota |
563 |
4,657 |
| Ohio |
410 |
1,116 |
| Oklahoma |
1,938 |
767,780 |
| Oregon |
1,245 |
219,509 |
| Pennsylvania |
871 |
12,245 |
| Rhode Island |
79 |
57 |
| South Carolina |
982 |
3,804 |
| South Dakota |
1,216 |
81,561 |
| Tennessee |
2,165 |
88,038 |
| Texas |
9,300 |
356,680 |
| Utah |
1,078 |
101,096 |
| Vermont |
150 |
386 |
| Virginia |
580 |
41,441 |
| Washington |
1,272 |
293,717 |
| West Virginia |
18 |
443 |
| Wisconsin |
713 |
695 |
| Wyoming |
711 |
218,077 |
| United States (2) |
67,743 |
5,509,995 |
(1) Delaware had no wildfires in 2016.
(2) Includes Puerto Rico which had 113 fires that burned 486 acres.
Source: National Interagency Fire Center. |
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