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
Balanced Road6,423 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 4, 2012
Ditto6,181 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 7, 2012
Springs6,156 ac
2012 · perimeter dated December 31, 2012
Springs6,145 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Highway 206,134 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 5, 2012
Vista6,028 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Deer Hollow5,450 ac
2012 · perimeter dated September 16, 2012
Deer Hollow5,437 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 11, 2012
Square Rock5,164 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Tindall3,223 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 12, 2012
Caulder Creek3,209 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 6, 2012
Hot Well3,050 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 9, 2012
Diamond Ranch3,028 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 17, 2012
Three Links2,874 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Grasshopper2,734 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 16, 2012
East Rock2,689 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 8, 2012
Micro2,631 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 25, 2012
West Trout2,325 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Moe2,239 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Goat2,235 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Mm66 I-842,115 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 10, 2012
Roadside2,103 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 21, 2012
Roadside2,102 ac
2012 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Conner Creek1,990 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 29, 2012
Lone Pine1,982 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 5, 2012
Lone Pine1,981 ac
2012 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Elizabeth1,943 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Notch Butte1,893 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 17, 2012
Hwy 301,887 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 9, 2012
Radar Hill1,801 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 26, 2012
I84 Mm1771,775 ac
2012 · perimeter dated September 14, 2012
Jump1,764 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 2, 2012
Ten Mile1,736 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 30, 2012
Mm86 Westbound I-841,736 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 9, 2012
Jug1,604 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Rooster Rock1,572 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 15, 2012
Rabbit Springs1,474 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 11, 2012
Hollow1,430 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 30, 2012
Broomtail1,405 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Devil1,295 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 21, 2012
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.