| Wildfires By State, 2018 |
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| State |
Number of fires |
Number of acres burned |
| Alabama |
970 |
15,464 |
| Alaska |
367 |
410,683 |
| Arizona |
2,000 |
165,356 |
| Arkansas |
1,119 |
24,071 |
| California |
8,054 |
1,823,153 |
| Colorado |
1,328 |
475,803 |
| Connecticut |
52 |
40 |
| Delaware |
0 |
0 |
| District of Columbia |
0 |
0 |
| Florida |
2,249 |
138,820 |
| Georgia |
2,572 |
14,236 |
| Hawaii |
3 |
21,979 |
| Idaho |
1,132 |
604,481 |
| Illinois |
6 |
120 |
| Indiana |
26 |
115 |
| Iowa |
386 |
8,014 |
| Kansas |
71 |
59,234 |
| Kentucky |
376 |
8,417 |
| Louisiana |
647 |
10,742 |
| Maine |
542 |
678 |
| Maryland |
76 |
359 |
| Massachusetts |
320 |
210 |
| Michigan |
431 |
3,786 |
| Minnesota |
1,344 |
17,005 |
| Mississippi |
1,168 |
21,194 |
| Missouri |
103 |
6,025 |
| Montana |
1,342 |
97,814 |
| Nebraska |
35 |
122 |
| Nevada |
649 |
1,001,966 |
| New Hampshire |
145 |
61 |
| New Jersey |
625 |
1,347 |
| New Mexico |
1,334 |
382,345 |
| New York |
109 |
848 |
| North Carolina |
3,625 |
18,058 |
| North Dakota |
1,026 |
19,557 |
| Ohio |
67 |
337 |
| Oklahoma |
1,707 |
745,097 |
| Oregon |
2,019 |
897,263 |
| Pennsylvania |
1,276 |
3,614 |
| Puerto Rico |
25 |
389 |
| Rhode Island |
32 |
14 |
| South Carolina |
1,136 |
9,939 |
| South Dakota |
433 |
5,027 |
| Tennessee |
341 |
3,763 |
| Texas |
10,541 |
569,811 |
| Utah |
1,333 |
438,983 |
| Vermont |
59 |
113 |
| Virginia |
1,266 |
15,224 |
| Washington |
1,743 |
438,834 |
| West Virginia |
467 |
6,370 |
| Wisconsin |
825 |
1,678 |
| Wyoming |
611 |
279,243 |
| United States (1) |
58,083 |
8,767,492 |
(1) Includes Puerto Rico.
Source: National Interagency Fire Center. |
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