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
Sitgreaves10,758 ac
2014 · perimeter dated December 31, 2014
Hammer8,871 ac
2014 · perimeter dated February 1, 2015
Bar-M6,537 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Galahad6,140 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Mcrae5,505 ac
2014 · perimeter dated February 1, 2015
Sycamore3,842 ac
2014 · perimeter dated October 14, 2014
Belknap2,684 ac
2014 · perimeter dated February 1, 2015
Pothole2,162 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
General2,086 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Willard2,013 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Rim Rock Assist1,487 ac
2014 · perimeter dated April 18, 2016
Jack1,174 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Walker1,108 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 3, 2016
Deer Head1,099 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Soldier Basin10,773 ac
2013 · perimeter dated February 1, 2014
Yarnell Hill7,954 ac
2013 · perimeter dated April 18, 2016
Doce6,767 ac
2013 · perimeter dated February 1, 2014
Dean Peak5,418 ac
2013 · perimeter dated April 18, 2016
Island Lake2,109 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 22, 2013
Long Jim 31,677 ac
2013
Castle1,537 ac
2013 · perimeter dated February 1, 2014
Skinner1,463 ac
2013 · perimeter dated February 1, 2014
White1,415 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
White1,012 ac
2013 · perimeter dated February 1, 2014
Hobble Complex34,172 ac
2012 · perimeter dated April 18, 2016
Grapevine18,352 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Gladiator16,212 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Sunflower16,068 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Poco11,897 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Canyon8,716 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Fox7,469 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
School Canyon7,050 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Squaw Creek5,302 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Mistake Peak5,216 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Plateau4,336 ac
2012 · perimeter dated April 18, 2016
2572,858 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Tank2,547 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Charley2,238 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Pigeon Canyon2,005 ac
2012 · perimeter dated April 18, 2016
Cottonwood1,981 ac
2012 · perimeter dated April 18, 2016
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.