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Wildfires in New York

4 federal wildfires disaster declarations in New York since 1953.

Wildfires — New York — federal disaster declarations per year
19952024

Counties most affected

Orange County3Allegany County1Bronx County1Broome County1Cattaraugus County1Cayuga County1Chautauqua County1Chemung County1Chenango County1Clinton County1Columbia County1Cortland County1Delaware County1Dutchess County1Erie County1Essex County1Franklin County1Fulton County1Genesee County1Greene County1Hamilton County1Herkimer County1Jefferson County1Kings County1Lewis County1Livingston County1Madison County1Monroe County1Montgomery County1Nassau County1New York County1Niagara County1Oneida County1Onondaga County1Ontario County1Orleans County1Oswego County1Otsego County1Putnam County1Queens County1Rensselaer County1Richmond County1Rockland County1Saratoga County1Schenectady County1Schoharie County1Schuyler County1Seneca County1Steuben County1St. Lawrence County1Suffolk County1Sullivan County1Tioga County1Tompkins County1Ulster County1Warren County1Washington County1Wayne County1Westchester County1Wyoming County1Albany County1Yates County1

Declarations

November 15, 2024Fire1 counties
JENNINGS CREEK FIRE
September 11, 2001Fire62 counties
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
August 9, 1999Fire1 counties
WEST POINT FIRE COMPLEX
August 25, 1995Fire
ROCKY POINT/CRANBERRY BOG FIRE

Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries. History is not a forecast.

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