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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

Horse Skin7,972 ac
2002 · perimeter dated July 27, 2002
Jack Knife6,792 ac
2002 · perimeter dated July 12, 2002
Jim Burns5,228 ac
2002 · perimeter dated July 8, 2002
Little Horse5,063 ac
2002 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Bird Hill1,418 ac
2002 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Guff1,347 ac
2002 · perimeter dated July 8, 2002
Buck Hollow1,333 ac
2002 · perimeter dated September 18, 2002
Kelly Creek1,252 ac
2002 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Prospect1,021 ac
2002 · perimeter dated September 18, 2002
Snowshoe22,279 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Willow Creek18,011 ac
2001 · perimeter dated September 15, 2001
Notchbutte11,205 ac
2001 · perimeter dated July 5, 2001
Lone Pine4,190 ac
2001 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Sublett Reservoir4,152 ac
2001 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Taco3,312 ac
2001 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Elk Creek2,691 ac
2001 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Foolhen2,637 ac
2001 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Cove 22,531 ac
2001 · perimeter dated June 28, 2001
Unnamed Fire1,565 ac
2001 · perimeter dated December 31, 2001
Cottonwood Creek1,415 ac
2001 · perimeter dated July 10, 2001
Earthquake Creek1,195 ac
2001 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Diamond Pt Complex234,315 ac
2000 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Clear Creek164,755 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Flossie Complex86,151 ac
2000 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Maloney Creek74,244 ac
2000 · perimeter dated September 5, 2000
Maloney Creek73,725 ac
2000 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Coffee Point72,758 ac
2000 · perimeter dated August 1, 2000
Burgdorf Junction64,614 ac
2000 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Little Pistol57,858 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Aperejo55,279 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
West Basin55,198 ac
2000 · perimeter dated August 30, 2000
West Basin55,131 ac
2000 · perimeter dated September 6, 2000
Grass Fire36,367 ac
2000 · perimeter dated August 10, 2000
Trail Creek33,215 ac
2000 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Black Lake19,747 ac
2000 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Burnt Flats18,921 ac
2000 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Canyon I15,110 ac
2000 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Butts Fire13,440 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Indian Ck Pt12,210 ac
2000 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Canyon Ii11,374 ac
2000 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022

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.