WILDFIRES BY STATE, 2015 |
|
State |
Number of fires |
Number of acres burned |
Alabama |
3,198 |
47,380 |
Alaska |
768 |
5,111,404 |
Arizona |
1,662 |
160,152 |
Arkansas |
1,837 |
26,630 |
California |
8,745 |
893,362 |
Colorado |
709 |
22,602 |
Connecticut |
76 |
159 |
Delaware |
(1) |
(1) |
Florida |
2,422 |
73,432 |
Georgia |
2,331 |
10,556 |
Hawaii |
17 |
5,611 |
Idaho |
1,324 |
804,094 |
Illinois |
18 |
806 |
Indiana |
16 |
868 |
Iowa |
533 |
14,945 |
Kansas |
154 |
53,936 |
Kentucky |
774 |
19,207 |
Louisiana |
1,172 |
21,036 |
Maine |
375 |
574 |
Maryland |
158 |
1,078 |
Massachusetts |
1,525 |
1,763 |
Michigan |
526 |
3,806 |
Minnesota |
1,849 |
30,563 |
Mississippi |
2,294 |
34,769 |
Missouri |
3,161 |
29,893 |
Montana |
2,432 |
351,264 |
Nebraska |
51 |
4,854 |
Nevada |
551 |
42,479 |
New Hampshire |
114 |
622 |
New Jersey |
1,013 |
2,685 |
New Mexico |
696 |
44,104 |
New York |
186 |
3,844 |
North Carolina |
3,828 |
15,220 |
North Dakota |
726 |
32,321 |
Ohio |
69 |
548 |
Oklahoma |
1,309 |
100,382 |
Oregon |
2,588 |
685,809 |
Pennsylvania |
831 |
4,473 |
Rhode Island |
86 |
132 |
South Carolina |
976 |
3,800 |
South Dakota |
1,032 |
72,985 |
Tennessee |
611 |
8,478 |
Texas |
9,272 |
184,418 |
Utah |
930 |
10,203 |
Vermont |
102 |
346 |
Virginia |
631 |
6,574 |
Washington |
2,013 |
1,137,664 |
West Virginia |
8 |
219 |
Wisconsin |
993 |
2,970 |
Wyoming |
512 |
35,652 |
United States (2) |
68,151 |
10,125,149 |
(1) Delaware had no wildfires in 2015.
(2) Includes Puerto Rico which had 947 fires that burned 4,477 acres.
Source: National Interagency Fire Center. |
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