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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

East1,958 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
New River1,951 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Apache Pass1,704 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 29, 2017
Montezuma1,699 ac
2012 · perimeter dated April 18, 2016
Cottonwood1,662 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Mt Trumbull Complex1,601 ac
2012 · perimeter dated April 18, 2016
Bull Flat1,574 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Le Fevre1,057 ac
2012 · perimeter dated April 18, 2016
Wallow538,052 ac
2011 · perimeter dated December 31, 2011
Horseshoe 2222,990 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Horseshoe2222,954 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Murphy70,739 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Monument32,074 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Hidden17,198 ac
2011 · perimeter dated April 12, 2017
Arlene10,599 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
New Water9,787 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
New Water9,787 ac
2011 · perimeter dated July 26, 2017
Bull9,702 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Duke7,649 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Pena6,022 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Tanner5,456 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Beale5,096 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Rocky5,000 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Sandrock4,598 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Plateau4,400 ac
2011 · perimeter dated April 12, 2017
Parallel4,344 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Point4,146 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Frio3,965 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Bluff3,214 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
6503,150 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Armstrong2,679 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Greaterville2,279 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Skinner2,106 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Lower2,012 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Duquesne1,992 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Wash1,953 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 23, 2012
Empire1,868 ac
2011 · perimeter dated April 23, 2011
Bolt1,790 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Lower1,788 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012
Fourr1,620 ac
2011 · perimeter dated February 1, 2012

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.