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
Snow Creek3,309 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Barren3,300 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Meeker2,966 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Dietrich Butte2,437 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 6, 2015
9002,268 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 14, 2015
Saylor2,260 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 14, 2015
Heather2,091 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Shirts2,056 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 29, 2015
Municipal1,768 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Catspaw1,616 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 11, 2015
Fourbit Creek1,556 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Bailey1,527 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Cold1,494 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 5, 2015
Breezy1,421 ac
2015 · perimeter dated December 15, 2015
Little Green1,387 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Wolf 21,385 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Mann1,330 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 18, 2015
Cougar1,236 ac
2015 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Rattlesnake1,185 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
River1,092 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 13, 2015
Green1,077 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Big Cougar65,305 ac
2014 · perimeter dated August 26, 2014
Preacher33,821 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 16, 2014
Johnson Bar13,302 ac
2014 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Wash8,690 ac
2014 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Pittsburg8,089 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 28, 2014
Pagari5,003 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 6, 2014
Highrange4,751 ac
2014 · perimeter dated August 14, 2014
Highrange4,740 ac
2014 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Rain4,138 ac
2014 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
May3,074 ac
2014 · perimeter dated August 1, 2014
Dietrich Butte3,055 ac
2014 · perimeter dated June 27, 2014
Elevator Mountain2,766 ac
2014 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Myers2,001 ac
2014 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Black Hawk1,414 ac
2014 · perimeter dated August 1, 2014
Celebration1,207 ac
2014 · perimeter dated June 13, 2014
Woodworth1,195 ac
2014 · perimeter dated August 12, 2014
Pony Complex150,449 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 21, 2013
Village130,960 ac
2013 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Elk Complex130,954 ac
2013 · perimeter dated December 31, 2013
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.