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Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in Alabama

The top 25 of 67 Alabama counties on GIS Map, ranked by the largest single wildfire recorded in the county since 1992.

#CountyLargest single fire
1Mobile County
4,394
2Cherokee County
3,000
3Jefferson County
2,950
4Bibb County
2,590
5Calhoun County
2,500
6Clay County
2,229
7Lawrence County
2,003
8DeKalb County
2,000
9Baldwin County
1,846
10Shelby County
1,540
11Walker County
1,308
12Monroe County
1,300
13Washington County
1,280
14Perry County
1,223
15Jackson County
1,010
16Macon County
1,005
17Conecuh County
1,000
18Talladega County
902
19Cleburne County
892
20Winston County
884
21Sumter County
823
22Tuscaloosa County
721
23Covington County
720
24Lauderdale County
702
25Pickens County
689

Source: USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024). All counties with data are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in Alabama”, https://gismap.land/rankings/alabama/largest-wildfire-counties. Figures from USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024).

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