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
'80
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Largest in Idaho
All mapped large fires
Fern Creek3,078 ac
1994 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Norton Ridge2,710 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Rhoda Point2,293 ac
1994 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Kinzie Butte1,961 ac
1994 · perimeter dated July 3, 1994
Bannock Creek1,896 ac
1994 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Northfork #11,679 ac
1994 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Lake1,445 ac
1994 · perimeter dated December 19, 2018
Lizard Peak1,382 ac
1994 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Ruby1,189 ac
1994 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Rr Mp 4162,936 ac
1993 · perimeter dated September 30, 1993
Foothills229,852 ac
1992 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Black Ridge149,705 ac
1992 · perimeter dated August 6, 1992
Foothills127,976 ac
1992 · perimeter dated August 29, 1992
Unnamed Fire41,107 ac
1992 · perimeter dated August 7, 1992
Crooked Creek33,466 ac
1992 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Tomato Point31,435 ac
1992 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Meadow Divide18,443 ac
1992 · perimeter dated August 8, 1992
Windy Ridge17,593 ac
1992 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Dunnigan #212,867 ac
1992 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Trapper9,829 ac
1992 · perimeter dated September 6, 1992
County Line8,807 ac
1992 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Scott7,845 ac
1992 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Warm Springs6,429 ac
1992 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Grouse Creek4,353 ac
1992 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Horsefly3,476 ac
1992 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Cub Creek2,720 ac
1992 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Patrol/Bear Creek2,720 ac
1992 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
French Creek2,475 ac
1992 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Lake1,841 ac
1992 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Willow1,492 ac
1992 · perimeter dated September 1, 1992
Camp Creek1,489 ac
1992 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Unnamed Fire10,827 ac
1991 · perimeter dated August 25, 1991
Rush Creek8,378 ac
1991 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Hansel Mountain8,256 ac
1991 · perimeter dated July 17, 1991
Mckim4,190 ac
1991 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Rackliff4,071 ac
1991 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
3Ckwell3,613 ac
1991 · perimeter dated July 15, 1991
Kitchen3,590 ac
1991 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Blacktail3,344 ac
1991 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Frog Lake1,660 ac
1991 · 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.