Disaster-history hazard lens
Wildfires and fire-management incidents. Compare official county histories below while keeping FEMA administrative declarations separate from NOAA observed-event reports.
Data updated Aug 21, 2026
These counts do not measure current danger, probability, severity, loss, or personal exposure. A higher rank means only that a county has more records within the same official source and exact coverage window. FEMA and NOAA counts are never added together.
Administrative records
Federal administrative declarations that include a county designation and map to this hazard category. A declaration is a government action, not a physical-event census.
22 counties have a positive wildfire count in this source.
Coverage: Jan 1, 1964 – Aug 21, 2026
Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.
Observed-event reports
Distinct NOAA Storm Events records explicitly coded to a county and mapped to this hazard category. Forecast-zone and marine-zone records are excluded from county totals.
12 counties have a positive wildfire count in this source.
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 3, 2026
Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.
| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clark County, Nevada | 1 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 15, 2026
Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.
| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honolulu County, Hawaii | 29 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 26, 2026
Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.
| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles County, California | 16 |
| 2 | Fresno County, California | 13 |
| 2 | Ventura County, California | 13 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 28, 2026
Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.
| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanawha County, West Virginia | 2 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 29, 2026
Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.
| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ada County, Idaho | 1 |
| 1 | Yellowstone County, Montana | 1 |
| 1 | Oklahoma County, Oklahoma | 1 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 30, 2026
Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.
| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Paso County, Colorado | 5 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 31, 2026
Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.
| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami-Dade County, Florida | 8 |
| 2 | Minnehaha County, South Dakota | 1 |
