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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

Hayman · 2002138,287 acHayman · 2002137,760 acSpring Creek · 2018108,131 acHigh Park · 201287,306 acMissionary Ridge · 200270,481 acMissionary Ridge · 200270,481 acWest Fork · 201356,576 ac416 · 201854,131 acBadger Hole · 201850,671 acPapoose · 201349,283 ac

All mapped large fires

Beaver Creek37,641 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 23, 2018
Junkins18,747 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 20, 2018
Hayden Pass16,569 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 13, 2017
Beulah Hill5,215 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 27, 2017
484,969 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 30, 2019
Lost Solar4,755 ac
2016 · perimeter dated October 6, 2015
Long Draw2,143 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 20, 2018
Riddle1,704 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 27, 2017
Kelso Mesa1,489 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 1, 2016
Blair1,139 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 4, 2017
Sheep Draw13,950 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 29, 2016
Four Mile1,026 ac
2015 · perimeter dated May 4, 2017
Alkali19,569 ac
2014 · perimeter dated May 4, 2017
West Fork56,576 ac
2013 · perimeter dated December 20, 2018
Papoose49,283 ac
2013 · perimeter dated October 31, 2013
East Peak13,485 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 16, 2013
East Peak13,485 ac
2013 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Black Forest13,111 ac
2013 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Royal Gorge3,218 ac
2013 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Citadel1,988 ac
2013 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Windy Pass1,417 ac
2013 · perimeter dated December 20, 2018
Ox Cart1,152 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 11, 2013
Wild Rose1,067 ac
2013 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Cog1,023 ac
2013 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
High Park87,306 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Little Sand24,931 ac
2012 · perimeter dated December 20, 2018
Waldo Canyon18,248 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 30, 2019
Waldo Canyon18,248 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Pine Ridge13,920 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 31, 2017
Weber10,143 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Hewlett7,702 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Hewlett7,702 ac
2012 · perimeter dated March 16, 2013
Sunrise Mine5,741 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Wolf5,126 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 2, 2017
Fern Lake3,498 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 4, 2017
Fern Lake3,334 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Lower North Fork3,220 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 4, 2017
Wetmore1,998 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Vallecito1,373 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Vallecito1,359 ac
2012 · perimeter dated December 20, 2018

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.