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Fire is a problem everywhere!

The National Interagency Fire Center maintains a wildfire database that covers all states, and lists size and costs of suppression for each incident Wildfires aren’t just a western crisis; the state with the most fires in 2018 was Texas; North Carolina ranked third.

 

National Interagency Fire Center

Wildfires by State, 2018
RankStateNumber of Fires
1Texas10,541
2California8,054
3North Carolina3,625
4Georgia2,572
5Florida2,249
Acreage Burned by State, 2018
RankStateAcres Burned
1California1,823,153
2Nevada1,001,966
3Oregon897,263
4Oklahoma745,097
5Idaho604,481
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