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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

Mm111,822 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 27, 2010
South Base1,786 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 30, 2010
Blacktail1,783 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 26, 2010
China Mtn1,712 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 11, 2010
Dove Springs1,526 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 20, 2010
Sailor1,516 ac
2010 · perimeter dated September 2, 2010
Hurd1,389 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Dodge1,223 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Casner1,091 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Power Station3,023 ac
2009 · perimeter dated September 28, 2009
Eightmile Creek1,264 ac
2009 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Sand Hollow1,263 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 28, 2009
West End1,250 ac
2009 · perimeter dated October 12, 2009
Hwy 461,103 ac
2009 · perimeter dated September 20, 2009
South Barker36,082 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 7, 2008
North Minidoka31,553 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 20, 2008
Nature14,848 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 31, 2008
Neibaur7,829 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 28, 2008
Shoshone Basin6,767 ac
2008 · perimeter dated September 29, 2008
Willow5,664 ac
2008 · perimeter dated December 20, 2018
Cabin Creek4,495 ac
2008 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Westy4,321 ac
2008 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Sand Shed3,843 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 1, 2008
Snow Hole3,030 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 14, 2008
Rattlesnake2,520 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Knudsen2,492 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 26, 2008
Porcupine2,142 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Bliss1,981 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 10, 2008
Little Park1,788 ac
2008 · perimeter dated September 10, 2008
Timber Wfu1,731 ac
2008 · perimeter dated December 19, 2018
Shoestring1,432 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 29, 2008
Hwy 201,419 ac
2008 · perimeter dated December 31, 2008
Rush Creek1,415 ac
2008 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Browns Gulch1,279 ac
2008 · perimeter dated October 23, 2008
Elbow1,179 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Warm Springs1,112 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Elk Mountain578,404 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 23, 2007
Elk Mountain373,001 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 23, 2007
Rowland217,512 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 26, 2007
Zena-Loon215,392 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019

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.