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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

East Greasewood1,133 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Davis Draw1,061 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Bircher22,428 ac
2000 · perimeter dated February 20, 2018
Bircher22,395 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Buster Flats10,838 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
High Meadows10,761 ac
2000 · perimeter dated July 31, 2000
High Meadows10,719 ac
2000 · perimeter dated November 15, 2019
Bobcat10,668 ac
2000 · perimeter dated June 7, 2022
Pinyon Canyon8,871 ac
2000 · perimeter dated June 22, 2000
Winter Valley8,601 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Busterflat8,494 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Pony4,738 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Cone Mtn4,582 ac
2000 · perimeter dated October 23, 2017
Scandard3,432 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Hamilton3,211 ac
2000 · perimeter dated March 22, 2017
Sand3,122 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Greasewood2,554 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Taylor2,101 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Switchback1,589 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Haley1,496 ac
2000 · perimeter dated June 24, 2000
Hovenweep1,078 ac
2000 · perimeter dated March 22, 2017
Blkrdg Cmp 11,955 ac
1999 · perimeter dated October 23, 2017
Bramier1,734 ac
1999 · perimeter dated March 22, 2017
Rainbow2,205 ac
1998 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Sewemup4,541 ac
1997 · perimeter dated October 23, 2017
West Elk Fire1,587 ac
1997 · perimeter dated August 26, 2019
Archuleta Mesa16,573 ac
1996 · perimeter dated February 20, 2018
Opinion13,109 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Buffalo Creek11,853 ac
1996 · perimeter dated May 18, 1996
Buffalo Creek11,853 ac
1996 · perimeter dated November 15, 2019
L.D.Falls6,938 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Hatchet5,504 ac
1996 · perimeter dated October 23, 2017
Chapin 54,779 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Zenobia24,475 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Disappointment3,825 ac
1996 · perimeter dated December 20, 2018
Persistent1,130 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Triangle5,338 ac
1995 · perimeter dated October 23, 2017
Two Road3,538 ac
1994 · perimeter dated October 23, 2017
Ute Creek3,007 ac
1994 · perimeter dated July 27, 1994
So. Canyon2,198 ac
1994 · perimeter dated October 23, 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.