Riskiest Counties for Wildfire

Ranked by FEMA National Risk Index wildfire hazard score · code WFIR

Wildfire risk reflects uncontrolled fires that spread across wildland and into communities. FEMA's National Risk Index scores each county's wildfire hazard from its expected annual loss, annualized event frequency, and exposed population. Riverside County, California currently leads the nation with a wildfire score of 100.0 and $347M in expected annual loss. California, Arizona, Washington account for much of the highest-rated wildfire risk in this dataset.

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County Rankings

#CountyStateWildfire ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1Riverside CountyCA
100.0
Very High 0.02 / yr$347M
2San Diego CountyCA
100.0
Very High 0.03 / yr$430M
3Los Angeles CountyCA
99.9
Very High 0.01 / yr$155M
4San Bernardino CountyCA
99.9
Very High 0.01 / yr$146M
5Elko CountyNV
99.9
High 0.03 / yr$62M
6Orange CountyCA
99.8
High 0.01 / yr$58M
7Ventura CountyCA
99.8
High 0.01 / yr$50M
8Washington CountyUT
99.8
High 0.02 / yr$68M
9Pima CountyAZ
99.7
High 0.00 / yr$38M
10Kern CountyCA
99.7
High 0.01 / yr$38M
11El Dorado CountyCA
99.7
High 0.01 / yr$55M
12Kittitas CountyWA
99.7
High 0.03 / yr$42M
13Maricopa CountyAZ
99.6
High 0.00 / yr$42M
14Yavapai CountyAZ
99.6
High 0.01 / yr$29M
15Chelan CountyWA
99.6
High 0.02 / yr$35M
16Jefferson CountyCO
99.5
High 0.01 / yr$49M
17Shasta CountyCA
99.5
High 0.01 / yr$35M
18Calaveras CountyCA
99.5
High 0.01 / yr$30M
19Madera CountyCA
99.4
High 0.01 / yr$23M
20Coconino CountyAZ
99.4
High 0.01 / yr$29M
21Nevada CountyCA
99.4
High 0.01 / yr$32M
22El Paso CountyCO
99.3
High 0.01 / yr$42M
23Okanogan CountyWA
99.3
High 0.02 / yr$20M
24Tuolumne CountyCA
99.3
High 0.01 / yr$27M
25Santa Barbara CountyCA
99.2
High 0.01 / yr$24M

Showing the top 25 seeded counties for wildfire risk.

Wildfire Risk by State

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