Wildfire Risk by State & County

Ranked by FEMA National Risk Index wildfire hazard score · code WFIR

Wildfire risk reflects uncontrolled fires that spread across wildland and into communities. FEMA's National Risk Index scores each county's wildfire hazard from its expected annual loss, annualized event frequency, and exposed population. Riverside County, California currently leads the nation with a wildfire score of 100.0 and $347M in expected annual loss. California, Arizona, Washington account for much of the highest-rated wildfire risk in this dataset.

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Wildfire Risk by State

#StateExpected Ann. LossAvg. ScoreRatingCounties Rated
1California$1.79B
94.2
Very High 58 of 58
2Arizona$228M
93.0
Very High 15 of 15
3Colorado$211M
73.5
High 64 of 64
4Utah$197M
83.4
Very High 29 of 29
5Washington$173M
71.5
High 39 of 39
6Nevada$157M
85.7
Very High 17 of 17
7Idaho$143M
86.2
Very High 44 of 44
8Oregon$126M
78.6
High 36 of 36
9Texas$126M
72.7
High 254 of 254
10New Mexico$113M
89.8
Very High 33 of 33
11Florida$112M
83.6
Very High 67 of 67
12Montana$73M
75.0
High 56 of 56
13Oklahoma$60M
81.1
Very High 77 of 77
14Kansas$50M
60.0
High 105 of 105
15Hawaii$47M
81.0
Very High 5 of 5
16South Dakota$42M
71.6
High 66 of 66
17Alaska$32M
40.5
Medium 30 of 30
18Wyoming$24M
83.0
Very High 23 of 23
19Nebraska$21M
57.0
Medium 93 of 93
20North Dakota$16M
61.7
High 53 of 53
21South Carolina$15M
66.0
High 46 of 46
22Georgia$15M
50.7
Medium 159 of 159
23North Carolina$14M
49.9
Medium 100 of 100
24New Jersey$14M
54.8
Medium 21 of 21
25Arkansas$13M
47.0
Medium 75 of 75
26Minnesota$12M
43.6
Medium 87 of 87
27Mississippi$12M
46.8
Medium 82 of 82
28Missouri$8M
48.0
Medium 115 of 115
29Alabama$8M
51.6
Medium 67 of 67
30Kentucky$8M
28.9
Low 120 of 120
31Louisiana$7M
39.9
Low 64 of 64
32Iowa$5M
35.2
Low 99 of 99
33Virginia$4M
27.1
Low 133 of 133
34Tennessee$4M
34.3
Low 95 of 95
35West Virginia$3M
33.2
Low 55 of 55
36Maryland$3M
42.7
Medium 24 of 24
37Michigan$2M
32.7
Low 83 of 83
38Wisconsin$2M
28.1
Low 72 of 72
39Ohio$1M
25.1
Low 88 of 88
40Pennsylvania$1M
30.2
Low 67 of 67
41New York$1M
28.7
Low 62 of 62
42Massachusetts$795K
41.2
Medium 14 of 14
43Delaware$759K
70.1
High 3 of 3
44Indiana$710K
14.0
Very Low 92 of 92
45Illinois$510K
9.4
Very Low 102 of 102
46New Hampshire$387K
32.9
Low 10 of 10
47Connecticut$313K
40.2
Medium 9 of 9
48Maine$248K
24.0
Low 16 of 16
49Vermont$119K
17.6
Very Low 14 of 14
50Rhode Island$44K
18.7
Very Low 5 of 5
51District of Columbia$12K
26.2
Low 1 of 1

States ranked by total expected annual wildfire losses; the average score is the mean over all counties, counting unrated counties as zero.

Riskiest Counties for Wildfire

#CountyStateWildfire ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1Riverside CountyCA
100.0
Very High 0.02 / yr$347M
2San Diego CountyCA
100.0
Very High 0.03 / yr$430M
3Los Angeles CountyCA
99.9
Very High 0.01 / yr$155M
4San Bernardino CountyCA
99.9
Very High 0.01 / yr$146M
5Elko CountyNV
99.9
High 0.03 / yr$62M
6Orange CountyCA
99.8
High 0.01 / yr$58M
7Ventura CountyCA
99.8
High 0.01 / yr$50M
8Washington CountyUT
99.8
High 0.02 / yr$68M
9Pima CountyAZ
99.7
High 0.00 / yr$38M
10Kern CountyCA
99.7
High 0.01 / yr$38M
11El Dorado CountyCA
99.7
High 0.01 / yr$55M
12Kittitas CountyWA
99.7
High 0.03 / yr$42M
13Maricopa CountyAZ
99.6
High 0.00 / yr$42M
14Yavapai CountyAZ
99.6
High 0.01 / yr$29M
15Chelan CountyWA
99.6
High 0.02 / yr$35M
16Jefferson CountyCO
99.5
High 0.01 / yr$49M
17Shasta CountyCA
99.5
High 0.01 / yr$35M
18Calaveras CountyCA
99.5
High 0.01 / yr$30M
19Madera CountyCA
99.4
High 0.01 / yr$23M
20Coconino CountyAZ
99.4
High 0.01 / yr$29M
21Nevada CountyCA
99.4
High 0.01 / yr$32M
22El Paso CountyCO
99.3
High 0.01 / yr$42M
23Okanogan CountyWA
99.3
High 0.02 / yr$20M
24Tuolumne CountyCA
99.3
High 0.01 / yr$27M
25Santa Barbara CountyCA
99.2
High 0.01 / yr$24M

Showing the top 25 seeded counties for wildfire risk.