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Counties with the Most Wildfires in Colorado

The top 25 of 64 Colorado counties on GIS Map, ranked by the number of wildfires reported to a federal, state or local agency between 1992 and 2024.

#CountyRecorded wildfires
1El Paso County
7,937
2Mesa County
5,471
3Weld County
5,323
4Jefferson County
4,651
5Adams County
4,019
6Larimer County
3,963
7Arapahoe County
3,540
8Boulder County
3,411
9Pueblo County
3,312
10Rio Blanco County
2,748
11Montrose County
2,596
12La Plata County
2,470
13Garfield County
2,359
14Moffat County
2,274
15Fremont County
1,906
16Montezuma County
1,808
17Denver County
1,680
18Douglas County
1,370
19Eagle County
1,361
20Delta County
1,280
21Archuleta County
1,193
22Teller County
1,005
23Park County
946
24Otero County
932
25Summit County
624

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

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