| Top 10 States For Wildfires Ranked By Number Of Fires And By Number Of Acres Burned, 2022 |
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| Rank |
State |
Number of fires |
Rank |
State |
Number of acres burned |
| 1 |
Texas |
12,571 |
1 |
Alaska |
3,110,976 |
| 2 |
California |
7,884 |
2 |
New Mexico |
859,906 |
| 3 |
North Carolina |
6,222 |
3 |
Texas |
671,800 |
| 4 |
Georgia |
3,621 |
4 |
Oregon |
456,082 |
| 5 |
Oklahoma |
2,811 |
5 |
Idaho |
436,733 |
| 6 |
Florida |
2,784 |
6 |
Oklahoma |
385,133 |
| 7 |
Alabama |
2,710 |
7 |
California |
309,287 |
| 8 |
Oregon |
2,117 |
8 |
Washington |
173,659 |
| 9 |
Montana |
2,087 |
9 |
Florida |
164,774 |
| 10 |
Mississippi |
1,980 |
10 |
Montana |
137,509 |
Source: National Interagency Fire Center. |
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