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.
Top 10 States For Wildfires Ranked By Number Of Fires And By Number Of Acres Burned, 2022
| 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.
Top 10 Costliest Wildland Fires In The United States (1)
| |
|
|
Estimated insured loss |
| Rank |
Year |
Name |
Dollars when occurred |
In 2024 dollars (2) |
| 1 |
2018 |
Camp Fire |
$10,000 |
$12,524 |
| 2 |
2017 |
Tubbs Fire |
8,700 |
11,134 |
| 3 |
2018 |
Woolsey Fire |
4,200 |
5,260 |
| 4 |
2023 |
Maui Wildfire (Hawaii) |
4,300 |
4,421 |
| 5 |
1991 |
Oakland Fire (Tunnel) |
1,700 |
3,906 |
| 6 |
2017 |
Atlas Fire |
3,000 |
3,839 |
| 7 |
2020 |
Glass Fire |
2,950 |
3,578 |
| 8 |
2020 |
CZU Lightning Complex Fire |
2,500 |
3,032 |
| 9 |
2017 |
Thomas Fire |
2,250 |
2,881 |
| 10 |
2021 |
Marshall Fire (Colorado) |
2,500 |
2,831 |
(1) Includes losses sustained by private insurers and government-sponsored programs such as the National Flood Insurance Program. All fires on this list occurred in California unless otherwise noted. Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Subject to change as loss estimates are further developed. As of January 2025.
(2) Adjusted for inflation by Aon using the U.S. Consumer Price Index.
Source: Aon.
Top 10 Largest California Wildfires (1)
| Rank |
Fire name (cause) |
Date |
County |
Acres |
Structures |
Deaths |
| 1 |
August Complex (Lightning) |
August 2020 |
Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity,
Tehama, Glenn, Lake and Colusa |
1,032,648 |
935 |
1 |
| 2 |
Dixie (Powerlines) |
July 2021 |
Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta
and Tehama |
963,309 |
1,311 |
1 |
| 3 |
Mendocino Complex (Human related) |
July 2018 |
Colusa, Lake, Mendocino
and Glenn |
459,123 |
280 |
1 |
| 4 |
SCU Lightning Complex (Lightning) |
August 2020 |
Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Joaquin |
396,625 |
225 |
0 |
| 5 |
Creek (Undetermined) |
September 2020 |
Fresno and Madera |
379,895 |
858 |
0 |
| 6 |
LNU Lightning Complex (Lightning/arson) |
August 2020 |
Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo, Lake and Colusa |
363,220 |
1,491 |
6 |
| 7 |
North Complex (Lightning) |
August 2020 |
Butte, Plumas and Yuba |
318,893 |
2,352 |
15 |
| 8 |
Thomas (Powerlines) |
December 2017 |
Ventura and Santa Barbara |
281,893 |
1,060 |
2 |
| 9 |
Cedar (Human related) |
October 2003 |
San Diego |
273,246 |
2,820 |
15 |
| 10 |
Rush (Lightning) |
August 2012 |
Lassen |
271,911 (2) |
0 |
0 |
(1) As of October 2022.
(2) In additon to the 271,911 acres in California, there were an addition 43,666 acres in Nevada.
Source: Calfire.
