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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

Wray Wildfire 11,631 ac
1994 · perimeter dated August 26, 2019
Hourglass1,253 ac
1994 · perimeter dated June 7, 2022
Fletcher 21,165 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Spud Patch1,087 ac
1994 · perimeter dated May 3, 2017
Sunbeam12,975 ac
1993 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Burned Out3,302 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Long Mesa2,660 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Number Six2,265 ac
1989 · perimeter dated June 7, 2022
Sunnyside/ (B.T.)2,113 ac
1989 · perimeter dated June 7, 2022
#61,545 ac
1989 · perimeter dated November 15, 2019
Center Mtn1,244 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 23, 2017
I Do15,067 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Zenobia5,139 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Canyon3,458 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 7, 2022
Grace Creek1,999 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 7, 2022
Bower1,882 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Flat Iron1,656 ac
1988 · perimeter dated October 23, 2017
Canyon1,092 ac
1988 · perimeter dated November 15, 2019
Battlement3,968 ac
1987 · perimeter dated October 23, 2017
Sierra3,356 ac
1987 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Dinosaur2,794 ac
1987 · perimeter dated March 22, 2017
Tank2,414 ac
1987 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Matt3,517 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Long1,192 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Pinto Mesa1,963 ac
1985 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Brewster 21,338 ac
1985 · perimeter dated October 23, 2017
Wheatwell3,059 ac
1984 · perimeter dated October 26, 2015
Squaw Hill1,418 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
E Gate 11,302 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Success1,296 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Drip Rock1,037 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Emerald Lake10,069 ac
1980 · perimeter dated July 1, 1980
Klinensmith1,057 ac
1980 · perimeter dated June 7, 2022

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.