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
All mapped large fires
Monument Canyon10,917 ac
2000 · perimeter dated August 10, 2000
Sand8,242 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Rankin6,990 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Papoose5,853 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Morse5,756 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Crooked4,771 ac
2000 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Filly4,639 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Nick4,235 ac
2000 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Elizabeth3,288 ac
2000 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Marlin Springs3,248 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Fenster2,864 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Packer Meadows2,350 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Kitchen2,296 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Goodrich2,260 ac
2000 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Tex1,926 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Hidden1,717 ac
2000 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Norton Ridge1,381 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Three Bears1,096 ac
2000 · perimeter dated October 30, 2000
Grass Mtn1,084 ac
2000 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Snow Creek1,039 ac
2000 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Mule Butte139,601 ac
1999 · perimeter dated August 6, 1999
East Slick35,029 ac
1999 · perimeter dated September 3, 1999
Wedge Butte16,247 ac
1999 · perimeter dated July 11, 1999
Norton Creek7,869 ac
1999 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Queasy7,033 ac
1999 · perimeter dated December 7, 1999
Sheep Creek4,816 ac
1999 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Lodgepole4,235 ac
1999 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Little Ramey3,852 ac
1999 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Trout Creek Ii3,189 ac
1999 · perimeter dated November 11, 1999
Soldier Creek2,641 ac
1999 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Unnamed Fire1,483 ac
1999 · perimeter dated December 31, 1999
Colt Killed Creek1,415 ac
1999 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Copper Camp1,239 ac
1999 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Tilden #222,989 ac
1998 · perimeter dated August 2, 1998
Rock Rabbit7,200 ac
1998 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Sheepeater5,686 ac
1998 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Arctic4,772 ac
1998 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Laidlow3,920 ac
1998 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Gypsy3,116 ac
1998 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Cranecrcyn2,964 ac
1998 · perimeter dated August 9, 1998
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.