Florida Large Wildfire History
Since 1980, 188 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Florida, 1 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 124,590 ac; together they cover about 1,502,171 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in Florida
All mapped large fires
Mustang Corner39,424 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Deep Lake8,337 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
West Camp2,467 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Lime Tree2,278 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Mud Swamp New River2,078 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 1, 2008
Bugaboo124,590 ac
2007 · perimeter dated May 8, 2007
Strickland36,348 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Mid Rest21,151 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Burns Lake1,858 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Ft61,630 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Wood River Wfu1,191 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Airboat13,177 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
2773,273 ac
2006 · perimeter dated May 28, 2006
Chekika Wf1,068 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Lindsey Bay1,068 ac
2006 · perimeter dated April 2, 2020
Beetle4,386 ac
2005 · perimeter dated April 2, 2020
Sisal1,633 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Keyhole1,510 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof1971201,420 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Impassable 127,571 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 7, 2004
Pho North2,862 ac
2004 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Cooperetow2,132 ac
2004 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Ghosttown2,154 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Bearisland23,325 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Littlecezr11,771 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Lopez8,434 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Burns Stnd2,625 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Spot2,229 ac
2001 · perimeter dated April 2, 2020
Cattail2,039 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
County Line1,503 ac
2001 · perimeter dated April 2, 2020
Dofpitt1,330 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Long Bay6,588 ac
2000 · perimeter dated April 2, 2020
Cliff Lake2,311 ac
2000 · perimeter dated April 2, 2020
C111E1,973 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Tower1,569 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Friendly41,632 ac
1999 · perimeter dated May 21, 1999
Cow House8,192 ac
1999 · perimeter dated April 2, 2020
Deeplake12,522 ac
1999 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Owl Creek2,477 ac
1999 · perimeter dated April 2, 2020
Brown1,619 ac
1999 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
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.