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
All mapped large fires
Crane1,383 ac
2016 · perimeter dated October 9, 2016
Grape1,263 ac
2016 · perimeter dated October 18, 2016
Buck1,254 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 11, 2016
I84 Mm2391,230 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 24, 2016
Elk Ridge1,220 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 3, 2016
Map Rock1,093 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 7, 2016
Black1,040 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 21, 2016
Tie1,031 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 31, 2016
Soda279,144 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 22, 2015
Soda279,112 ac
2015 · perimeter dated March 31, 2016
Tepee Springs96,230 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Teepee Springs95,775 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Tepee Springs95,766 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 22, 2015
Clearwater Complex47,277 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 26, 2015
Wash36,853 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Carrot Ridge36,366 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Crown33,509 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Fisher21,232 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Lawyer11,117 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Mm43 Hwy5210,845 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 26, 2015
Elevenmile10,450 ac
2015 · perimeter dated March 31, 2016
Slide10,279 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Rapid10,063 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Roll Creek8,382 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Campbell8,335 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Pete Forks7,984 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Snowy Summit7,070 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Dillinger7,061 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Celebration6,868 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 8, 2015
Sponge-Airstrip6,734 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Baldy6,683 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Woodrat6,476 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Parker Ridge6,439 ac
2015 · perimeter dated November 17, 2015
Noble6,054 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Walker5,963 ac
2015 · perimeter dated October 12, 2017
Army Mule5,319 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Boulder5,012 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Point Well4,759 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 24, 2015
Jay Point4,503 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Waterfall3,991 ac
2015 · perimeter dated March 31, 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.