U.S. prescribed fires - number of fires and acres burned 2017

This statistic shows the number of fires and acres burned due to U.S. prescribes fires in 2017, by state. In 2017, about 944,455 acres were burned due to prescribed fires in Alaska. The total number of prescribed fires in the United States amounted to 202,250 with 6.42 million acres burned.

Number of fires and acres burned due to U.S. prescribed fires in 2017, by state

Characteristic	Number of prescribed fires	Number of acres burnt
Florida	86,115	2,182,980
Georgia	83,588	1,255,221
Alabama	13,157	944,455
Arizona	2,321	429,564
South Carolina	8,895	342,066
Arkansas	34,624	214,859
Mississippi	2,498	211,166
Texas	205	190,451
North Carolina	1,427	180,558
New Mexico	91,654	141,663
Minnesota	593	71,285
Alaska	8	64,950
South Dakota	204	56,001
California	428	49,522
Oregon	271	48,077
Missouri	57	41,392
Wisconsin	391	31,745
Iowa	419	26,015
Montana	365	24,180
Idaho	241	23,815
Colorado	166	23,145
Louisiana	181	22,534
North Dakota	18,272	19,841
Michigan	175	19,391
Nebraska	32	18,643
Pennsylvania	222	18,611
Utah	112	18,517
Illinois	67	15,817
Virginia	424	14,238
Indiana	38	8,064
Kansas	13	7,292
Tennessee	36	6,780
Oklahoma	21	6,186
Washington	44	5,216
Nevada	27	5,198
Maryland	70	3,751
Kentucky	23	3,746
West Virginia	7	3,094
Wyoming	34	2,900
New Jersey	12	2,703
Massachusetts	45	1,023
New York	29	564
Ohio	70	308
Delaware	13	280
Maine	13	147
New Hampshire	10	120
Vermont	10	98
Connecticut	3	31
Rhode Island	1	13
Hawaii	0	0

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Release date

2018

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United States

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

Prescribed fire is any fire which are ignited by management action under certain predetermined conditions to meet specific objectives related to to hazardous fuels or habitat improvement.
Number of prescribed fires in total (2017) : 202,250

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