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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

Beaver Creek111,496 ac
2013 · perimeter dated October 28, 2013
Beaver Creek111,393 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 30, 2013
Mccan23,717 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 11, 2013
Mccan23,393 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 7, 2013
Little Queens23,290 ac
2013 · perimeter dated December 20, 2013
Lodgepole21,916 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Raft20,365 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 19, 2013
Raft20,352 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Kelley17,344 ac
2013 · perimeter dated December 4, 2013
Jim Brown14,384 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 3, 2013
Papoose9,511 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Se Red Bridge9,488 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 1, 2013
Thunder City9,478 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Hells Canyon9,067 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 19, 2013
Hells Canyon9,060 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Brown Butte7,248 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 21, 2013
Fir Grove7,137 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 30, 2013
California Point6,972 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Lake6,690 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Horse Butte 25,446 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 19, 2013
Browns Gulch4,936 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 17, 2013
Bruneau4,913 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 13, 2013
Ridge4,863 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 11, 2013
Coonskin4,377 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 1, 2013
Cinder Road4,240 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 2, 2013
Hwy46 Mm1233,459 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 24, 2013
Air3,310 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 11, 2013
West Hollister3,025 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 30, 2013
Point2,946 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 3, 2013
Pine Creek2,797 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 15, 2019
Rough Creek2,607 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Bray Lake2,401 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 8, 2013
Sheepshead2,301 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 28, 2013
Juni2,228 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 20, 2013
Sunk2,123 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 18, 2013
Hwy 46 Mm1031,833 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 2, 2013
Bailey1,617 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Center1,595 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Black Ridge1,408 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 1, 2013
Silver1,320 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019

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.