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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

Long Ruggles4,736 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 29, 2005
Falls Creek4,457 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Bowns Roost3,881 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 19, 2005
Starvation/Root Creek3,857 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Reynolds3,848 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Wolf Fang3,589 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Indian Ridge3,413 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 9, 2005
Juniper3,097 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 8, 2005
Meadow3,079 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
North Hamm3,010 ac
2005 · perimeter dated December 31, 2005
Cadagan Complex2,643 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Marshall Butte2,574 ac
2005 · perimeter dated October 26, 2005
Big Sands2,398 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Big Dry Canyon Wfu2,098 ac
2005 · perimeter dated December 21, 2018
Diversion1,995 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 10, 2005
Black Canyon Face1,954 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
China Ten1,933 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Box Car1,818 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Triangle1,468 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 22, 2005
Norton Marble1,454 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Windy1,422 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 25, 2005
Homestead1,419 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 17, 2005
Blair1,405 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 23, 2005
Elk Creek1,350 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Toe Jam1,258 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 9, 2005
20 Mile1,255 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 10, 2005
East Horse1,241 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 22, 2005
Homestead1,220 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 28, 2005
Pot Hole1,160 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 22, 2005
Gregory1,132 ac
2005 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Penny1,074 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Patterson1,050 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Mustang1,041 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Porter3,615 ac
2004 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
South Pot1,086 ac
2004 · perimeter dated August 2, 2004
North Star Butte1,041 ac
2004 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Deep37,842 ac
2003 · perimeter dated August 15, 2003
Falconberry27,310 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Hot Creek26,882 ac
2003 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Tobias13,890 ac
2003 · 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.