Wildfires By State, 2022

 

State Number of fires Number of acres burned
Alabama 2,710 40,975
Alaska 595 3,110,976
Arizona 1,432 124,165
Arkansas 1,903 39,028
California 7,884 309,287
Colorado 835 45,732
Connecticut 150 347
Delaware 7 79
District of Columbia 0 0
Florida 2,784 164,774
Georgia 3,621 25,017
Hawaii 5 25,053
Idaho 1,088 436,733
Illinois 32 298
Indiana 49 1,643
Iowa 7 288
Kansas 67 84,015
Kentucky 1,280 59,199
Louisiana 1,259 24,475
Maine 730 425
Maryland 117 3,139
Massachusetts 1,192 1,756
Michigan 376 3,522
Minnesota 713 3,715
Mississippi 1,980 53,170
Missouri 136 4,968
Montana 2,087 137,509
Nebraska 568 76,534
Nevada 506 58,402
New Hampshire 103 381
New Jersey 1,165 15,532
New Mexico 748 859,906
New York 162 1,313
North Carolina 6,222 28,851
North Dakota 111 1,509
Ohio 724 3,063
Oklahoma 2,811 385,133
Oregon 2,117 456,082
Pennsylvania 951 2,588
Puerto Rico 0 0
Rhode Island 76 44
South Carolina 22 677
South Dakota 527 42,148
Tennessee 1,225 15,059
Texas 12,571 671,800
Utah 945 27,245
Vermont 86 83
Virginia 558 9,956
Washington 1,492 173,659
West Virginia 893 20,275
Wisconsin 923 881
Wyoming 443 25,766
United States (1) 68,988 7,577,175
(1) Includes Puerto Rico. Totals for the United States do not match totals shown elsewhere by the National Interagency Fire Center due to the use of different exhibits. Source: National Interagency Fire Center.