Rankings · Risk

The states with the least wildfire risk

Wildfire risk.

FEMA National Risk Index percentile, 0-100 — higher means greater wildfire risk. Reflects both how likely fire is and how much is exposed to it, so populated areas near wildland score higher. State figure is a population-weighted average of its counties.

  1. 1Vermont21.0
  2. 2Indiana24.6
  3. 3District of Columbia26.2
  4. 4Rhode Island26.4
  5. 5Maine32.3
  6. 6Virginia33.1
  7. 7Maryland33.5
  8. 8Kentucky34.4
  9. 9New York34.8
  10. 10Wisconsin34.9
  11. 11Ohio36.7
  12. 12Illinois37.3
  13. 13Pennsylvania38.7
  14. 14Michigan39.8
  15. 15West Virginia41.2
  16. 16Connecticut45.0
  17. 17New Hampshire45.2
  18. 18Iowa45.3
  19. 19Louisiana48.0
  20. 20Tennessee48.1
  21. 21New Jersey50.6
  22. 22Massachusetts51.0
  23. 23Georgia53.4
  24. 24North Carolina53.8
  25. 25Missouri54.0
  26. 26Minnesota57.4
  27. 27Mississippi58.0
  28. 28Alabama62.5
  29. 29Arkansas64.7
  30. 30North Dakota65.1
  31. 31Delaware67.4
  32. 32Kansas70.0
  33. 33Oregon70.7
  34. 34South Carolina71.1
  35. 35Washington74.2
  36. 36Alaska74.4
  37. 37South Dakota75.5
  38. 38Nebraska77.6
  39. 39Texas83.5
  40. 40Wyoming86.6
  41. 41Colorado86.9
  42. 42Oklahoma86.9
  43. 43Montana88.5
  44. 44Idaho90.4
  45. 45New Mexico92.1
  46. 46Florida92.8
  47. 47Utah95.3
  48. 48California96.8
  49. 49Nevada98.1
  50. 50Arizona98.2
  51. 51Hawaii98.2
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