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Counties with the Most Wildfires in Tennessee

The top 25 of 95 Tennessee counties on GIS Map, ranked by the number of wildfires reported to a federal, state or local agency between 1992 and 2024.

#CountyRecorded wildfires
1Grundy County
998
2Wayne County
905
3Weakley County
877
4Monroe County
800
5McNairy County
733
6Morgan County
723
7Lawrence County
706
8Hardin County
654
9Marion County
642
10Henderson County
641
11Campbell County
551
12Lincoln County
544
13Polk County
542
14Benton County
531
15Hickman County
529
16Bledsoe County
497
17Rhea County
451
18Giles County
438
19Carroll County
419
20Cumberland County
417
21Scott County
404
22Hardeman County
387
23Sevier County
373
24Van Buren County
372
25Henry County
361

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

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