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
'00
'10
Largest in Florida
All mapped large fires
Hackett1,443 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Landing1,051 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
41 South#21,242 ac
1987 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
N Lost Dog1,101 ac
1987 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Eleocharis38,052 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
84 West14,092 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Austin10,268 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Deep4,385 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dof 481,519 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Marlboro1,141 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Sugarpot1,028 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Pine Oaks2,844 ac
1985 · perimeter dated October 18, 2021
Dof 552,123 ac
1985 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Walker 11,045 ac
1985 · perimeter dated October 18, 2021
Burns Lake1,040 ac
1985 · perimeter dated October 18, 2021
Brown Thom2,643 ac
1984 · perimeter dated May 15, 1984
Deep Lake 21,312 ac
1984 · perimeter dated February 2, 1984
Brown No.1,062 ac
1984 · perimeter dated February 7, 1984
Pine Oak 21,036 ac
1984 · perimeter dated September 11, 1984
W.S. Palm1,574 ac
1982 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Ferguson1,563 ac
1982 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Glide Port1,510 ac
1982 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
S. Chekika22,237 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
S.Hayes Ba17,266 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Park Line'6,001 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Mimi'S #32,407 ac
1980 · perimeter dated October 18, 2021
Rock Island1,541 ac
1980 · perimeter dated October 18, 2021
Alley #11,401 ac
1980 · perimeter dated October 18, 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.