Arizona Large Wildfire History
Since 1980, 506 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Arizona, 8 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 538,052 ac; together they cover about 5,344,634 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in Arizona
All mapped large fires
Goldfield1,737 ac
2020 · perimeter dated August 17, 2020
Woodbury Fire123,973 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 2, 2020
Woodbury123,832 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 1, 2019
Sheridan21,482 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 8, 2019
Castle19,368 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 25, 2020
Coldwater16,790 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 12, 2019
Gap16,721 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 26, 2019
Ikes16,424 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 25, 2020
Ikes16,417 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 25, 2020
Maroon8,602 ac
2019 · perimeter dated May 30, 2019
River7,940 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 9, 2019
Cellar7,512 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 14, 2019
Mountain7,466 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 9, 2019
Whiskey5,954 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 27, 2019
Miller5,761 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 1, 2020
Hart4,992 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 25, 2019
Newman4,907 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 20, 2019
Boulin4,039 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 25, 2020
Rocky3,702 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 18, 2019
Rim 23,464 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 26, 2019
Saber3,284 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 27, 2019
Trumbull3,028 ac
2019 · perimeter dated December 5, 2019
Eden2,784 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 18, 2019
Verde2,686 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 6, 2019
Badger Springs2,517 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 11, 2019
Telephone2,361 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 17, 2019
Whiting2,285 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 29, 2019
Bagnal2,240 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 2, 2019
Blue River2,168 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 26, 2019
Museum1,962 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 27, 2019
Deer1,906 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 29, 2019
Pemberton1,763 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 14, 2019
Little Springs1,481 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 25, 2020
Or Supporting Buckhorn1,419 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 1, 2020
Bermuda1,200 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 2, 2019
Buffalo Corral1,174 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 1, 2020
Rattlesnake26,068 ac
2018 · perimeter dated May 2, 2018
Tinder15,739 ac
2018 · perimeter dated May 22, 2018
Obi11,436 ac
2018 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Stubbs8,278 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 30, 2018
Source: National Interagency Fire Center, Interagency Fire Perimeter History. Only fires with a mapped perimeter of 1,000 acres or more appear; the state is inferred from the responsible unit code. A record of past fires is not a forecast. See About the Data.