USFA / NFIRS · 2026

States ranked by annual fire incidents

All U.S. states ranked by annual fire incidents reported through NFIRS. Includes fire deaths, injuries, and estimated property loss.

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California leads reported annual fires at 168,000 incidents (9.1% of the summed NFIRS state total). Higher totals can mean more activity, more population, or more complete participation.

Lead state
CA: Annual fires
168,000: Deaths
346: Departments
1,309

NFIRS is not a full census - participation varies by state and year.

NFIRS-reported annual fires. Sort matches the table below.

Share of summed state annual fires held by California (NFIRS-reporting universe on this page).

#	State	Annual Fires	Deaths	Injuries	Property Loss	Departments
1	California	168,000	346	1,284	$3.86B	1,309
2	Texas	162,000	241	1,039	$1.95B	1,879
3	New York	113,000	150	1,241	$1.02B	2,253
4	Florida	106,000	206	892	$1.04B	758
5	Pennsylvania	73,800	115	825	$802M	2,427
6	Illinois	72,000	127	705	$836M	1,493
7	Ohio	68,900	138	718	$707M	1,501
8	North Carolina	62,800	131	491	$646M	1,534
9	Georgia	56,000	128	401	$684M	868
10	Michigan	54,500	112	584	$523M	1,274
11	New Jersey	51,500	70	598	$529M	999
12	Tennessee	47,400	115	434	$542M	921
13	Virginia	43,900	86	440	$466M	766
14	Indiana	43,600	94	372	$483M	969
15	Missouri	43,100	95	427	$476M	1,128
16	Washington	38,900	68	343	$607M	483
17	Massachusetts	38,700	51	491	$435M	568
18	Arizona	36,800	91	290	$459M	322
19	Maryland	32,800	67	394	$363M	379
20	South Carolina	32,100	75	280	$330M	689
21	Kentucky	31,100	93	307	$292M	981
22	Louisiana	30,300	96	296	$340M	786
23	Wisconsin	30,100	54	295	$348M	961
24	Oklahoma	29,600	68	226	$289M	1,049
25	Colorado	29,000	55	230	$387M	575
26	Alabama	28,900	84	327	$256M	1,302
27	Minnesota	28,000	48	220	$362M	883
28	Iowa	22,700	39	181	$197M	810
29	Connecticut	21,500	34	213	$245M	418
30	Kansas	20,500	45	155	$206M	773
31	Oregon	20,400	42	179	$289M	465
32	Arkansas	20,100	68	195	$215M	1,168
33	Mississippi	18,900	63	140	$169M	751
34	Nevada	18,600	40	137	$237M	156
35	Utah	16,800	26	118	$227M	271
36	West Virginia	15,700	55	139	$143M	511
37	Nebraska	13,600	26	93	$153M	511
38	New Mexico	12,100	32	79	$155M	446
39	Idaho	10,500	23	73	$156M	292
40	New Hampshire	10,100	10	83	$137M	293
41	Maine	9,800	20	97	$147M	497
42	Rhode Island	8,700	9	99	$96.0M	111
43	Montana	8,500	19	63	$118M	416
44	Delaware	7,500	11	83	$84.0M	80
45	South Dakota	7,400	17	44	$95.0M	365
46	North Dakota	6,600	13	31	$111M	338
47	Hawaii	5,800	6	48	$58.0M	43
48	Vermont	5,500	11	68	$88.0M	250
49	Wyoming	5,500	10	33	$73.0M	167
50	District of Columbia	5,200	4	65	$58.0M	3
51	Alaska	4,100	18	82	$98.0M	286

Note: Annual fire counts reflect incidents reported through NFIRS. Not all states have 100% NFIRS participation, so totals may undercount actual fire activity. Property loss is estimated at time of report.

Source: FEMA National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Data covers structural and non-structural fires reported by participating fire departments

Compiled by PlainFireData · September 6, 2026