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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

Tobias13,796 ac
2003 · perimeter dated July 27, 2003
Beaver Lakes12,467 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Slims12,012 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Pettibone Creek11,833 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Sapp11,436 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Withington10,562 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Sapp9,700 ac
2003 · perimeter dated March 10, 2020
Cramer6,869 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
South Fork6,814 ac
2003 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Marble Creek6,082 ac
2003 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Mile Post 596,050 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Canyon Creek5,502 ac
2003 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Prospect Creek5,162 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Blackwall5,158 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Winslow / Idaho4,908 ac
2003 · perimeter dated December 21, 2018
Wilkins4,841 ac
2003 · perimeter dated July 30, 2003
Timmerman4,088 ac
2003 · perimeter dated August 12, 2003
Harkness3,979 ac
2003 · perimeter dated July 26, 2003
Pleasant3,868 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Hopeful 23,509 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Wendover3,439 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Fish3,166 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Poet2,575 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
North Fork Lick2,548 ac
2003 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Pinchot Creek2,470 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Mcconnell2,447 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Bear2,174 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Shasta1,926 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Hall1,872 ac
2003 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
North Stoddard1,852 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Richardson1,753 ac
2003 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Rush1,714 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Hill City Blues 21,656 ac
2003 · perimeter dated October 26, 2003
Hill City Blue 21,655 ac
2003 · perimeter dated October 23, 2003
Saddle Fork1,478 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Crystal1,440 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Rock Garden1,119 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
German # 111,092 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 20, 2003
Andy1,032 ac
2003 · perimeter dated July 29, 2003
Horse Butte10,413 ac
2002 · perimeter dated August 7, 2002

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.