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Wildland fires

1,338,705 wildland fire incidents across the US in 2021–2025. Total property loss: $2.0B. 193 civilian deaths.

5 years tracked 50 states · 50 counties · 50 cities
Incidents
1,338,705
2021–2025 cumulative
Property loss
$2.0B
across 5 years
Civilian deaths
193
772 injuries
Avg per year
267,741
incidents / year
01 Year by year

How wildland fires trend

20212022202320242025
02 Top states

Where do wildland fires happen most?

03 Top counties

Wildland fires by county

Top 50 counties by cumulative incidents.

#CountyStateIncidents
1 King County WA 12,280
2 Los Angeles County CA 10,339
3 Harris County TX 9,805
4 San Joaquin County CA 8,838
5 Sacramento County CA 8,485
6 Riverside County CA 8,427
7 Fresno County CA 7,423
8 Pierce County WA 7,387
9 Bexar County TX 6,827
10 Oklahoma County OK 6,693
11 Dallas County TX 6,138
12 Pima County AZ 5,987
13 Tulare County CA 5,724
14 San Bernardino County CA 5,716
15 San Diego County CA 5,543
16 Cook County IL 5,397
17 Kern County CA 5,347
18 Santa Clara County CA 4,751
19 Travis County TX 4,541
20 Tulsa County OK 4,333
21 Maricopa County AZ 4,193
22 Allegheny County PA 4,020
23 Stanislaus County CA 3,896
24 Tarrant County TX 3,764
25 Pulaski County AR 3,696
26 Shelby County TN 3,548
27 Cumberland County NC 3,477
28 Spartanburg County SC 3,475
29 Snohomish County WA 3,429
30 Anderson County SC 3,343
31 Merced County CA 3,208
32 Clark County NV 3,184
33 Hidalgo County TX 3,145
34 Polk County FL 3,088
35 Middlesex County MA 3,084
36 Richland County SC 3,083
37 Alameda County CA 3,078
38 Wake County NC 3,033
39 Westmoreland County PA 3,010
40 Solano County CA 2,936
41 Bucks County PA 2,912
42 Jefferson County AL 2,910
43 Spokane County WA 2,885
44 Horry County SC 2,861
45 Yolo County CA 2,834
46 Franklin County OH 2,806
47 Miami-Dade County FL 2,792
48 Sedgwick County KS 2,747
49 Cuyahoga County OH 2,745
50 Greenville County SC 2,745
04 Top cities

Wildland fires by city

Top 50 cities by cumulative incidents.

#CityStateIncidentsLoss
1 Houston TX 6,681 $1.8M
2 Stockton CA 5,279 $1.9M
3 Tucson AZ 5,015 $1.8M
4 San Antonio TX 4,397 $196K
5 Tacoma WA 4,299 $143K
6 Sacramento CA 4,289 $1.1M
7 Fresno CA 3,911 $4.2M
8 Austin TX 3,642 $238K
9 Oklahoma City OK 3,549 $1.1M
10 San Jose CA 3,151 $1.2M
11 Seattle WA 2,872 $297K
12 Dallas TX 2,690 $100.3M
13 Memphis TN 2,620 $251K
14 Tulsa OK 2,438 $152K
15 Fayetteville NC 2,322 $383K
16 Boston MA 2,152 $293K
17 Portland OR 2,057 $109K
18 Philadelphia PA 2,031 $43K
19 Vancouver WA 1,990 $324K
20 Little Rock AR 1,966 $435K
21 Columbia SC 1,964 $119K
22 Las Vegas NV 1,953 $265K
23 Kent WA 1,874 $41K
24 Topeka KS 1,783 $74K
25 San Diego CA 1,770 $100.4M
26 Modesto CA 1,763 $494K
27 Columbus OH 1,679 $480K
28 Porterville CA 1,679 $160K
29 San Francisco CA 1,667 $2.4M
30 Nashville TN 1,627 $15K
31 Phoenix AZ 1,607 $52K
32 Lexington KY 1,568 $163K
33 Spokane WA 1,541 $436K
34 Denver CO 1,507 $324K
35 Chicago IL 1,500 —
36 Jacksonville FL 1,490 —
37 Corpus Christi TX 1,465 $460K
38 Knoxville TN 1,428 $63K
39 Los Angeles CA 1,412 $2.4M
40 Riverside CA 1,386 $30.1M
41 Orlando FL 1,383 $29K
42 Indianapolis IN 1,355 $103K
43 Fort Worth TX 1,354 $118K
44 Merced CA 1,331 $724K
45 Salem OR 1,311 $98K
46 Wichita KS 1,278 $1K
47 Bakersfield CA 1,274 $1.2M
48 Everett WA 1,260 $182K
49 Albuquerque NM 1,258 $91K
50 Louisville KY 1,255 $529K

About this data

Topic profiles aggregate NFIRS incidents by NFIRS INC_TYPE groupings. The aggregator runs across all 5 NFIRS years (2021–2025) and emits per-state, per-county, and per-city totals so the same topic can be drilled into at any geographic scale.