Idaho Large Wildfire History
Since 1980, 1,035 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Idaho, 35 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 578,404 ac; together they cover about 17,074,147 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in Idaho
All mapped large fires
Sand Mountain1,606 ac
2021 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Marion1,520 ac
2020 · perimeter dated September 18, 2020
Sheep113,513 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 25, 2019
Pot Hole67,069 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 7, 2019
Hot Spring10,290 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 23, 2019
Flat Top10,016 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 10, 2019
Horse Butte9,442 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 7, 2019
Lookout Point9,433 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 28, 2019
Lake Channel8,308 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 8, 2019
Shady6,090 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 1, 2019
Cove Creek5,352 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 27, 2019
Notch Butte4,952 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 23, 2019
Spud4,885 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 2, 2019
Desert Ride4,539 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 13, 2019
Nethker2,360 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 23, 2019
Flint Mesa1,550 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 12, 2019
Heart1,529 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 16, 2019
Smith1,366 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 14, 2019
Clover1,257 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 15, 2019
Mayfield1,218 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 17, 2019
Lava1,202 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 23, 2019
Canmay1,012 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 15, 2019
Grassy Ridge99,156 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 2, 2018
Sharps64,853 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 10, 2018
Sharps64,763 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 13, 2018
Rabbit Foot36,004 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 11, 2018
Mesa34,745 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 11, 2018
Mesa34,701 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 10, 2018
Cat26,601 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 31, 2018
Keithly17,622 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 2, 2018
Keithly17,614 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 29, 2018
Kiwah16,337 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 24, 2018
West Duck11,194 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 17, 2018
Garat9,490 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 17, 2018
Rattlesnake Creek8,220 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 3, 2018
Cougar7,576 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Prospect6,896 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 29, 2018
Stewart Creek5,757 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 7, 2018
Bum5,342 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 26, 2018
Mm73 Hwy554,637 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 7, 2018
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.