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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

Cedarville1,614 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Hand Creek1,532 ac
1989 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Noname1,462 ac
1989 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Two Point Creek1,155 ac
1989 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Cub Creek1,095 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Sliver Creek53,745 ac
1988 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Golden53,389 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Ladder48,783 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Battleaxe39,516 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Steep/Cabin27,018 ac
1988 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Freemantrail25,253 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
North Fork14,407 ac
1988 · perimeter dated December 19, 2018
Camp Creek13,261 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Footstool13,251 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Metcalf11,385 ac
1988 · perimeter dated September 14, 1988
Mccarte Ridge10,569 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Brkn Wagon9,081 ac
1988 · perimeter dated August 24, 1988
Hida Point7,944 ac
1988 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Upper Bear7,376 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Little Lost7,153 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Willis Gulch5,232 ac
1988 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Unnamed Fire3,610 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 19, 1988
Reservoir3,291 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Poison2,396 ac
1988 · perimeter dated August 21, 1988
Mckay Gulch2,267 ac
1988 · perimeter dated July 21, 1988
Ruby Rapids2,016 ac
1988 · perimeter dated December 31, 1988
Ruby Rapids2,014 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Gardiner1,957 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Jay West1,586 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Spring Canyon Ii1,493 ac
1988 · perimeter dated December 19, 2018
Opus #71,045 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Browns Crk62,881 ac
1987 · perimeter dated June 16, 1987
Deadwood53,451 ac
1987 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Bear12,530 ac
1987 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Mann Creek11,036 ac
1987 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Farrow Creek6,804 ac
1987 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Anchor5,866 ac
1987 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Sob5,600 ac
1987 · perimeter dated September 21, 1987
Cove5,371 ac
1987 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Sob5,147 ac
1987 · perimeter dated October 2, 1987

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.