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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

Lock2,726 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 28, 2017
Ditto2,552 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 28, 2017
Yeti2,339 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 28, 2017
Issac Lake2,283 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 17, 2017
Ballinger2,048 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 17, 2017
Buck2,020 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Whiskey1,882 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Breeze1,820 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 28, 2017
Andys Hump1,730 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 6, 2017
Barren Ridge1,697 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 17, 2017
Crow 21,562 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 17, 2017
Honeymoon1,556 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 11, 2017
Old Man1,434 ac
2017 · perimeter dated October 31, 2017
Tappan1,414 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 23, 2017
Bell Mountain1,342 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 30, 2017
Missouri1,278 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 12, 2017
Mustang1,247 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 15, 2017
Patrol Ridge1,175 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 10, 2017
Owyhee1,139 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 27, 2017
Crater1,073 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 28, 2017
Strychnine1,042 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 5, 2017
Pioneer188,404 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 28, 2016
Henrys Creek52,512 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 9, 2016
Laidlaw39,813 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 18, 2016
Laidlaw39,764 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Moose8,644 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 3, 2016
Mac Rae6,148 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Mac Rae6,143 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 9, 2016
Roaring5,731 ac
2016 · perimeter dated October 4, 2016
Cedar4,868 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 8, 2016
Mm14 Highway214,311 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 28, 2016
Mm14 Highway214,311 ac
2016 · perimeter dated October 27, 2017
Rough4,130 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 25, 2016
Paddleford3,499 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 1, 2016
Paddleford3,496 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Clifton2,409 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 26, 2016
Table Rock2,361 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 3, 2016
Gun Club2,084 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Salvage1,659 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 27, 2016
Josie1,559 ac
2016 · perimeter dated October 5, 2016

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.