Wildfires By State, 2017
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.