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
Wood Tick2,601 ac
1998 · perimeter dated August 12, 1998
Cayuse Fire2,370 ac
1998 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Billy1,591 ac
1998 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Noname1,343 ac
1998 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Soda1,315 ac
1998 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Toll Road1,013 ac
1998 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Highway559,213 ac
1997 · perimeter dated October 3, 1997
Colt2,548 ac
1997 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Unnamed Fire2,295 ac
1997 · perimeter dated August 24, 1997
Bray1,775 ac
1997 · perimeter dated August 22, 1997
Cox'S Well219,437 ac
1996 · perimeter dated September 2, 1996
Richfield177,895 ac
1996 · perimeter dated July 10, 1996
Notchbutte24,517 ac
1996 · perimeter dated July 3, 1996
Bridge Fire20,420 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Elba12,448 ac
1996 · perimeter dated October 18, 1996
Big Bruin8,610 ac
1996 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Falconberry3,833 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Bearwallow2,852 ac
1996 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Stoddard2,073 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Lynn1,119 ac
1996 · perimeter dated August 10, 1996
Tuana61,163 ac
1995 · perimeter dated July 29, 1995
Bear Trap20,480 ac
1995 · perimeter dated August 8, 1995
Ineel Fire5,953 ac
1995 · perimeter dated December 31, 1995
Waterfall1,302 ac
1995 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Deadhorse1,014 ac
1995 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Rabbit Creek #1149,958 ac
1994 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Corral Creek118,026 ac
1994 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Chicken Complex107,945 ac
1994 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Blackwell Complex55,549 ac
1994 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Star Gulch28,553 ac
1994 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Unnamed Fire22,743 ac
1994 · perimeter dated July 2, 1994
Point Well22,729 ac
1994 · perimeter dated July 3, 1994
Thunderbolt21,411 ac
1994 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
West Spr.8,508 ac
1994 · perimeter dated July 24, 1994
Freezeout8,212 ac
1994 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Pioneer Cr7,949 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Rapid River7,657 ac
1994 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Tag5,010 ac
1994 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Cottonwood4,438 ac
1994 · perimeter dated August 5, 1994
Big Sand3,276 ac
1994 · 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.