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Counties with the Most Wildfires in Alaska

The top 25 of 29 Alaska counties on GIS Map, ranked by the number of wildfires reported to a federal, state or local agency between 1992 and 2024.

#CountyRecorded wildfires
1Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
824
2Fairbanks North Star Borough
455
3Kenai Peninsula Borough
407
4Matanuska-Susitna Borough
338
5Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
306
6Northwest Arctic Borough
162
7Bethel Census Area
117
8Juneau City and Borough
108
9Nome Census Area
70
10Denali Borough
49
11Dillingham Census Area
38
12Sitka City and Borough
27
13Anchorage Municipality
24
14Ketchikan Gateway Borough
24
15Lake and Peninsula Borough
23
16Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
23
17North Slope Borough
18
18Kodiak Island Borough
17
19Kusilvak Census Area
12
20Haines Borough
7
21Wrangell City and Borough
6
22Yakutat City and Borough
4
23Aleutians East Borough
3
24Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
3
25Petersburg Borough
2

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

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