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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

Bald Mountain7,020 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 9, 2007
Lightning6,994 ac
2007 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Lizard6,523 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Black Hawk6,228 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 8, 2007
Duffy5,591 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 18, 2007
Nichol5,314 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 8, 2007
Cow Creek5,279 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 20, 2007
Jim Sage5,254 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 11, 2007
Dry Creek5,137 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 6, 2007
Battle4,654 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Profile4,554 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Jim Canyon4,348 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 29, 2007
Boulder Creek4,338 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 9, 2007
Wood3,881 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 19, 2007
Shoe String3,832 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 12, 2007
Chief Parish3,810 ac
2007 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Bear Wfu3,621 ac
2007 · perimeter dated December 19, 2018
Cold3,567 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 4, 2007
Gem County3,527 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 19, 2007
Grizzly3,451 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Turnbull Fire3,432 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 5, 2007
2 Spots3,079 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 8, 2007
Inside Desert3,041 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 20, 2007
Walcott2,996 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 6, 2007
Sweetwater2,950 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 5, 2007
Indian Creek2,697 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 3, 2007
Moonshiners2,671 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 20, 2007
North Flat2,596 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 7, 2007
Chief Parrish2,595 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 14, 2007
Cleveland Hill2,487 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 11, 2007
Bruneau Arms Complex2,358 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 8, 2007
Wood Creek2,310 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 21, 2007
Wood Creek2,309 ac
2007 · perimeter dated October 27, 2017
Middle Mountain2,297 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 8, 2007
Sailor 22,210 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 17, 2007
Phillips1,846 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 19, 2007
Chain1,728 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Van Horn1,644 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Howard1,635 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 22, 2007
Gifford Springs1,622 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 15, 2007

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.