| Top 10 States For Wildfires Ranked By Number Of Fires And By Number Of Acres Burned, 2017 |
|
| Rank |
State |
Number of fires |
Rank |
State |
Number of acres burned |
| 1 |
Texas |
9,827 |
1 |
Montana |
1,366,498 |
| 2 |
California |
9,560 |
2 |
Nevada |
1,329,289 |
| 3 |
North Carolina |
5,125 |
3 |
California |
1,266,224 |
| 4 |
Georgia |
3,929 |
4 |
Texas |
734,682 |
| 5 |
Missouri |
3,398 |
5 |
Oregon |
714,520 |
| 6 |
Florida |
3,280 |
6 |
Idaho |
686,262 |
| 7 |
Mississippi |
2,775 |
7 |
Alaska |
653,023 |
| 8 |
Montana |
2,422 |
8 |
Oklahoma |
502,625 |
| 9 |
Arizona |
2,321 |
9 |
Kansas |
476,306 |
| 10 |
Oregon |
2,049 |
10 |
Arizona |
429,564 |
Source: National Interagency Fire Center. |
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