| Wildfires By State, 2017 |
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| State |
Number of fires |
Number of acres burned |
| Alabama |
1,254 |
20,192 |
| Alaska |
364 |
653,023 |
| Arizona |
2,321 |
429,564 |
| Arkansas |
1,706 |
34,624 |
| California |
9,560 |
1,266,224 |
| Colorado |
967 |
111,667 |
| Connecticut |
97 |
243 |
| Delaware |
5 |
6 |
| Florida |
3,280 |
298,831 |
| Georgia |
3,929 |
200,785 |
| Hawaii |
3 |
2,098 |
| Idaho |
1,598 |
686,262 |
| Illinois |
13 |
98 |
| Indiana |
22 |
553 |
| Iowa |
427 |
7,216 |
| Kansas |
71 |
476,306 |
| Kentucky |
892 |
28,927 |
| Louisiana |
1,064 |
11,356 |
| Maine |
489 |
369 |
| Maryland |
108 |
2,178 |
| Massachusetts |
1,216 |
844 |
| Michigan |
270 |
736 |
| Minnesota |
1,036 |
5,553 |
| Mississippi |
2,775 |
40,595 |
| Missouri |
3,398 |
8,459 |
| Montana |
2,422 |
1,366,498 |
| Nebraska |
49 |
3,160 |
| Nevada |
768 |
1,329,289 |
| New Hampshire |
36 |
123 |
| New Jersey |
735 |
5,144 |
| New Mexico |
813 |
141,663 |
| New York |
57 |
191 |
| North Carolina |
5,125 |
46,507 |
| North Dakota |
1,086 |
19,841 |
| Ohio |
68 |
733 |
| Oklahoma |
1,906 |
502,625 |
| Oregon |
2,049 |
714,520 |
| Pennsylvania |
537 |
1,652 |
| Rhode Island |
31 |
30 |
| South Carolina |
1,092 |
11,041 |
| South Dakota |
1,420 |
77,386 |
| Tennessee |
593 |
6,949 |
| Texas |
9,827 |
734,682 |
| Utah |
1,166 |
249,829 |
| Vermont |
55 |
50 |
| Virginia |
1,522 |
20,194 |
| Washington |
1,346 |
404,223 |
| West Virginia |
520 |
6,866 |
| Wisconsin |
696 |
661 |
| Wyoming |
599 |
90,115 |
| United States (1) |
71,499 |
10,024,086 |
(1) Includes Puerto Rico which had 116 fires that burned 3,405 acres.
Source: National Interagency Fire Center. |
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