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Counties with the Most Acres Burned by Wildfire in Alabama

The top 25 of 67 Alabama counties on GIS Map, ranked by total acres burned in recorded wildfires from 1992 to 2024.

#CountyAcres burned
1Mobile County
82,747
2Baldwin County
67,049
3Washington County
42,650
4Cleburne County
37,791
5Cherokee County
36,349
6Talladega County
32,207
7Calhoun County
27,837
8Jefferson County
24,559
9Macon County
24,283
10Walker County
23,607
11Escambia County
23,453
12Clay County
21,666
13Bibb County
17,864
14Russell County
17,219
15Conecuh County
16,319
16Shelby County
15,862
17DeKalb County
14,906
18Perry County
14,261
19Lawrence County
13,852
20Tuscaloosa County
13,182
21St. Clair County
12,702
22Coosa County
12,188
23Jackson County
11,466
24Winston County
10,687
25Covington County
10,630

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 Most Acres Burned by Wildfire in Alabama”, https://gismap.land/rankings/alabama/most-acres-burned-counties. Figures from USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024).

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