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Counties with the Most Wildfires in Missouri

The top 25 of 113 Missouri counties on GIS Map, ranked by the number of wildfires reported to a federal, state or local agency between 1992 and 2024.

#CountyRecorded wildfires
1Camden County
1,722
2Newton County
1,180
3Howell County
835
4Shannon County
817
5Laclede County
743
6Phelps County
739
7Douglas County
718
8Texas County
655
9Morgan County
654
10Washington County
652
11Dent County
637
12Benton County
636
13Butler County
604
14Barry County
568
15Henry County
562
16Taney County
559
17Ozark County
556
18Greene County
538
19Reynolds County
538
20Crawford County
525
21Oregon County
504
22Dallas County
444
23Wayne County
430
24Wright County
399
25McDonald County
382

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

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