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Counties with the Most Wildfires in Kentucky

The top 25 of 118 Kentucky counties on GIS Map, ranked by the number of wildfires reported to a federal, state or local agency between 1992 and 2024.

#CountyRecorded wildfires
1Perry County
1,809
2Clay County
1,564
3Pike County
1,483
4Floyd County
1,194
5Knott County
1,094
6Knox County
1,085
7Magoffin County
1,045
8Breathitt County
906
9Bell County
800
10Letcher County
781
11Whitley County
776
12Leslie County
775
13Carter County
728
14Jackson County
694
15McCreary County
668
16Owsley County
658
17Harlan County
625
18Martin County
624
19Johnson County
575
20Greenup County
555
21Lee County
535
22Lawrence County
503
23Rockcastle County
502
24Morgan County
464
25Laurel County
397

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

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