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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

Wallow · 2011538,052 acRodeo-Chediski · 2002460,563 acCave Creek Complex · 2005250,243 acHorseshoe 2 · 2011222,990 acHorseshoe2 · 2011222,954 acWoodbury Fire · 2019123,973 acWoodbury · 2019123,832 acWillow · 2004119,953 acEdge Complex · 200572,327 acMurphy · 201170,739 ac

All mapped large fires

Wahalla3,174 ac
2004
Camp 36 Wfu3,053 ac
2004 · perimeter dated February 1, 2005
Low Mt1,759 ac
2004 · perimeter dated February 28, 2018
Wildsteer Wfu1,227 ac
2004 · perimeter dated February 1, 2005
Transfer Wfu1,058 ac
2004 · perimeter dated February 1, 2005
Aspen69,370 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Picture12,546 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Poplar11,896 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Thomas10,644 ac
2003 · perimeter dated April 1, 2004
Steeple6,009 ac
2003 · perimeter dated April 1, 2004
Lizard5,220 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Skeleton3,658 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Powell3,608 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Helen'S 23,525 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Rose3,483 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Maple2,865 ac
2003 · perimeter dated April 1, 2004
Mormon2,712 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Largo2,150 ac
2003 · perimeter dated April 1, 2004
Maverick2,009 ac
2003 · perimeter dated April 1, 2004
Rodeo-Chediski460,563 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Ryan38,155 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Bullock28,957 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Walker15,624 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Trick5,572 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Packrat3,006 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Merritt2,668 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Oracle Hill2,397 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Oversight2,241 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Mud1,696 ac
2002 · perimeter dated April 12, 2017
Indian1,322 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Antelope1,279 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 3, 2021
Pine Mountain6,986 ac
2001 · perimeter dated February 1, 2002
Tower Fire4,065 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Vista3,660 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Swamp Rdg.3,291 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
North Star1,452 ac
2001 · perimeter dated February 1, 2002
Leroux1,113 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Pumpkin15,780 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Outlet12,448 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Coon Creek9,646 ac
2000 · perimeter dated February 1, 2001

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.