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Counties with the Most Wildfires in Alabama

The top 25 of 67 Alabama counties on GIS Map, ranked by the number of wildfires reported to a federal, state or local agency between 1992 and 2024.

#CountyRecorded wildfires
1Mobile County
3,614
2Baldwin County
2,988
3Talladega County
2,194
4Walker County
1,868
5Washington County
1,750
6Jefferson County
1,636
7Escambia County
1,485
8Cleburne County
1,414
9Chilton County
1,355
10Macon County
1,231
11DeKalb County
1,152
12Conecuh County
1,142
13Cherokee County
1,113
14Shelby County
1,091
15Calhoun County
1,039
16Tuscaloosa County
1,019
17Autauga County
1,018
18Butler County
959
19Marion County
896
20Russell County
866
21Bibb County
861
22Perry County
850
23Tallapoosa County
836
24Wilcox County
815
25Clay County
807

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 Wildfires in Alabama”, https://gismap.land/rankings/alabama/most-wildfires-counties. Figures from USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024).

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