Colorado Large Wildfire History
Since 1980, 273 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Colorado, 3 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 138,287 ac; together they cover about 2,529,245 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in Colorado
All mapped large fires
Decker8,960 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 1, 2019
C343,873 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 13, 2019
Hunt3,774 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 18, 2020
Doe Canyon2,560 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 30, 2019
Register Springs1,686 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 19, 2019
Middle Mamm1,218 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 16, 2019
Keota1,028 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 22, 2019
Spring Creek108,131 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 11, 2018
41654,131 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 4, 2018
Badger Hole50,671 ac
2018 · perimeter dated April 20, 2018
Mm 11742,795 ac
2018 · perimeter dated November 15, 2019
Bull Draw36,549 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 4, 2019
Bull Draw36,549 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 23, 2018
Divide19,936 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 5, 2018
Plateau19,677 ac
2018 · perimeter dated December 20, 2018
Weston Pass13,035 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 9, 2018
Lake Christine12,589 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 30, 2018
Boone Draw8,599 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 16, 2018
Indian Valley6,304 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 10, 2018
Cabin Lake6,070 ac
2018 · perimeter dated March 24, 2021
Red Canyon5,757 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 5, 2018
Burro4,594 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 4, 2018
Cache Creek2,703 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 17, 2018
Thornburg1,636 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 5, 2018
Chateau1,424 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 7, 2018
West Guard1,424 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 27, 2018
Sugarloaf1,279 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 21, 2018
Horse Park1,220 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 4, 2019
Dead Dog18,839 ac
2017 · perimeter dated October 17, 2017
Peekaboo12,861 ac
2017 · perimeter dated October 17, 2017
Peekaboo12,839 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Winter Valley7,777 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Winter Valley7,777 ac
2017 · perimeter dated October 17, 2017
Pine Tree4,649 ac
2017 · perimeter dated March 24, 2021
Deep Creek4,222 ac
2017 · perimeter dated March 24, 2021
Big Red2,931 ac
2017 · perimeter dated October 17, 2017
Draw1,421 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 20, 2018
Hunter1,064 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 26, 2018
Eight Four Two1,020 ac
2017 · perimeter dated October 4, 2017
Beaver Creek38,380 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 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.