TOP TEN STATES FOR WILDFIRES RANKED BY NUMBER OF FIRES, 2009
Rank State Number of fires Number of acres burned
1 Texas 16,614 753,261
2 California 9,159 405,585
3 Georgia 3,732 13,714
4 North Carolina 3,344 25,142
5 Missouri 2,957 42,241
6 Florida 2,797 124,401
7 Arizona 2,371 263,358
8 Mississippi 2,366 31,280
9 Indiana 2,083 4,706
10 Washington 1,976 77,250

Source: National Interagency Coordination Center.