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
Real1,546 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Pipeline1,442 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 1, 2010
Rae1,392 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 1, 2010
Independence1,371 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Point1,295 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Wagon Draw1,252 ac
2009 · perimeter dated October 7, 2009
Anderson1,238 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 1, 2010
Marteen Wfu10,789 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 1, 2009
Hot Air9,708 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 17, 2009
Lane 29,618 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 1, 2009
Eagle5,774 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 17, 2009
Bear Mountain2,487 ac
2008 · perimeter dated October 3, 2008
Solano2,482 ac
2008 · perimeter dated May 30, 2008
X2,061 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 1, 2009
Lost Eden1,551 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
The Mill Wfu1,400 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 1, 2009
Twenty-Two Wfu1,255 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 1, 2009
Black Rock Gulch21,104 ac
2007 · perimeter dated April 12, 2017
Chitty15,050 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 30, 2007
Radio9,076 ac
2007 · perimeter dated April 12, 2017
Wilkins7,762 ac
2007 · perimeter dated February 19, 2008
Slide5,721 ac
2007 · perimeter dated February 1, 2008
Roosevelt Wfu5,243 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Birdie5,019 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
Promontory4,045 ac
2007 · perimeter dated February 1, 2008
Dutch Wfu3,252 ac
2007 · perimeter dated February 1, 2008
Squaw2,637 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 30, 2007
Jump1,746 ac
2007 · perimeter dated March 2, 2008
Lamphere1,230 ac
2007 · perimeter dated October 12, 2007
Warm39,112 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Union8,367 ac
2006 · perimeter dated December 13, 2017
Pocket Complex7,791 ac
2006 · perimeter dated December 13, 2017
Potato6,166 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 18, 2009
Gran5,347 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Tiger4,674 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Brins4,317 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 24, 2017
February4,259 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Secret4,102 ac
2006 · perimeter dated December 4, 2017
Jacob3,339 ac
2006 · perimeter dated April 12, 2017
Kiln Complex2,512 ac
2006 · perimeter dated April 12, 2017
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.