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
Tappen Creek3,985 ac
1987 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
S.O.B.3,546 ac
1987 · perimeter dated September 21, 1987
Unnamed Fire2,940 ac
1987 · perimeter dated September 2, 1987
Minneha1,890 ac
1987 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Spring Canyon1,599 ac
1987 · perimeter dated December 19, 2018
Ranches1,509 ac
1987 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Deer Haven1,127 ac
1987 · perimeter dated September 3, 1987
Blue Butte53,332 ac
1986 · perimeter dated August 12, 1986
West Anderson20,825 ac
1986 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Unnamed Fire13,657 ac
1986 · perimeter dated July 17, 2019
Goodrich10,585 ac
1986 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Long Tom10,106 ac
1986 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Wilderness Complex9,607 ac
1986 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Brigham Point8,546 ac
1986 · perimeter dated July 30, 1986
Devils Teeth7,688 ac
1986 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Unnamed Fire6,817 ac
1986 · perimeter dated July 23, 1986
Dog #16,271 ac
1986 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Norland N86,124 ac
1986 · perimeter dated July 30, 1986
Skidroad4,480 ac
1986 · perimeter dated October 26, 2017
Mink Creek4,381 ac
1986 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Round Springs4,140 ac
1986 · perimeter dated December 31, 1986
Wayle2,487 ac
1986 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Lower Hat Creek2,347 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Cold Springs1,694 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Mule Ck Point1,265 ac
1986 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Dome21,164 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Gus Creek1,061 ac
1986 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Placer Creek1,042 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Lone Pine1,031 ac
1986 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Crows Nest59,464 ac
1985 · perimeter dated July 8, 1985
Butte Fire32,909 ac
1985 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
French Creek14,561 ac
1985 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Savage Creek12,110 ac
1985 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Lake Mtn8,549 ac
1985 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Cherry Springs7,579 ac
1985 · perimeter dated July 16, 1985
Goat6,797 ac
1985 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Fountain Cr5,613 ac
1985 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Boise Bar5,612 ac
1985 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
East Basin3,546 ac
1985 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Dead Elk2,901 ac
1985 · 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.