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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

Elk Mountain · 2007578,404 acElk Mountain · 2007373,001 acLong Butte · 2010305,995 acMustang Complex · 2012287,852 acSoda · 2015279,144 acSoda · 2015279,112 acDiamond Pt Complex · 2000234,315 acFoothills · 1992229,852 acCrystal · 2006219,901 acCox'S Well · 1996219,437 ac

All mapped large fires

Pole Creek1,294 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 4, 2011
Drive-In1,222 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 19, 2011
Morrow1,202 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 16, 2011
East1,186 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 16, 2011
Hog1,173 ac
2011 · perimeter dated September 1, 2011
Friday Ridge1,118 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Liz Butte1,115 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Roseworth1,096 ac
2011 · perimeter dated July 31, 2011
Power1,092 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 16, 2011
Long Butte305,995 ac
2010 · perimeter dated September 2, 2010
Jefferson108,848 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 20, 2010
Crowbar29,517 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 7, 2010
Black Butte15,899 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 30, 2010
Mule Creek13,732 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 22, 2010
Rooster Rock12,472 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 10, 2010
Big Draw12,391 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 8, 2010
Sailor Creek10,064 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 1, 2010
Unnamed Fire7,705 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Middle Butte Fire7,578 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 29, 2010
Bear Trap7,247 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 8, 2010
Bowen6,662 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 30, 2010
Laidlaw5,549 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 7, 2010
Hot Tea5,409 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Hot Tea5,409 ac
2010 · perimeter dated September 1, 2010
Big4,679 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 30, 2010
Rainbow Road4,378 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 20, 2010
Blacksheep4,338 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 23, 2010
South Trail3,831 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 26, 2010
Emery3,779 ac
2010 · perimeter dated September 3, 2010
Giraffe Creek3,536 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 16, 2010
Power Ast 23,326 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 10, 2010
North Bliss2,980 ac
2010 · perimeter dated September 2, 2010
Windmill2,703 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 12, 2010
Dairy Canyon2,507 ac
2010 · perimeter dated September 17, 2010
Clover2,475 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 14, 2010
Banner2,330 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Big Draw #22,217 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 22, 2010
Star Lake2,178 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 8, 2010
Heather Creek2,125 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
River Breaks1,862 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014

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.