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
West Fork1,497 ac
1991 · perimeter dated October 18, 1991
Twomile1,121 ac
1991 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Thorn Creek71,884 ac
1990 · perimeter dated August 15, 1990
Indian Springs15,560 ac
1990 · perimeter dated August 12, 1990
Indian Springs12,582 ac
1990 · perimeter dated August 22, 1990
Castle Ck10,489 ac
1990 · perimeter dated August 11, 1990
Diamond Point Complex4,328 ac
1990 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Chamberlain2,723 ac
1990 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Badger Creek1,922 ac
1990 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Lodgepole Ck1,327 ac
1990 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Unnamed Fire1,005 ac
1990 · perimeter dated November 15, 1990
Smokey Creek47,660 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Eagle Bar14,153 ac
1989 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Dollar Creek10,074 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Partridge9,107 ac
1989 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Lunch Creek8,971 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Deer Creek8,409 ac
1989 · perimeter dated July 31, 1989
Johnson Butte7,434 ac
1989 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Whangdoodle7,404 ac
1989 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Curren Mountain7,213 ac
1989 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Curren7,184 ac
1989 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Bear Creek6,317 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Fleming Creek5,960 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Noname5,458 ac
1989 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
King Gulch4,926 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Game Creek3,577 ac
1989 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Mahogany3,348 ac
1989 · perimeter dated July 2, 1989
Needles South3,233 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Eagle Nest3,225 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Horn Creek2,535 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Riordan Creek2,485 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Brownlee Creek2,386 ac
1989 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Grey'S Landing2,380 ac
1989 · perimeter dated July 15, 1989
Mcphearson2,250 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 1, 1989
Mann Creek2,004 ac
1989 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Steamboat1,966 ac
1989 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Willow Creek1,965 ac
1989 · perimeter dated July 17, 2019
Unnamed Fire1,930 ac
1989 · perimeter dated July 31, 1989
Sheep Lake1,921 ac
1989 · perimeter dated September 17, 1989
Yellowjacket Iii1,737 ac
1989 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
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.