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
'80
'90
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Largest in Florida
All mapped large fires
Holiday24,461 ac
1998 · perimeter dated April 2, 2020
Oak20,546 ac
1998 · perimeter dated June 2, 1998
Dead Dog1,281 ac
1998 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
75East1,157 ac
1998 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
75West1,142 ac
1998 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Rutski 21,100 ac
1998 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Block B3,344 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Star Grove1,497 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
E1125,218 ac
1995 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Wilson 21,665 ac
1995 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Ochprairie3,493 ac
1992 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Rat1,585 ac
1992 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof 2915,847 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Toms5,617 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof 2403,178 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Graveyard1,919 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Wood1,886 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof 1061,656 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Miller1,598 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof 1881,594 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof 2301,543 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Foot1,335 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof 1181,317 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof 2081,311 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Ingraham89,866 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof#45736,740 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof #30517,155 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Walk In14,384 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Mclaughlin1,849 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof 3981,849 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof 3451,471 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Missle1,305 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Half-Mile1,104 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
West Lake1,073 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Baldino5,553 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Charjumper3,765 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Deep Lake2,682 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Wilson2,205 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Skillet #21,730 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof 21,664 ac
1988 · 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.