| Top 10 States For Wildfires Ranked By Number Of Fires And By Number Of Acres Burned, 2020 |
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| Rank |
State |
Number of fires |
Rank |
State |
Number of acres burned |
| 1 |
California |
10,431 |
1 |
California |
4,092,151 |
| 2 |
Texas |
6,713 |
2 |
Oregon |
1,141,613 |
| 3 |
Arizona |
2,524 |
3 |
Arizona |
978,568 |
| 4 |
Montana |
2,433 |
4 |
Washington |
842,370 |
| 5 |
Florida |
2,381 |
5 |
Colorado |
625,357 |
| 6 |
North Carolina |
2,364 |
6 |
Montana |
369,633 |
| 7 |
Oregon |
2,215 |
7 |
Wyoming |
339,783 |
| 8 |
New Jersey |
1,981 |
8 |
Utah |
329,735 |
| 9 |
Georgia |
1,699 |
9 |
Idaho |
314,352 |
| 10 |
Washington |
1,646 |
10 |
Nevada |
259,275 |
Source: National Interagency Fire Center. |
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