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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

East Butte1,217 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Flint Canyon1,142 ac
2012 · perimeter dated September 7, 2012
Moose Ridge1,138 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Cayuse1,071 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Bell Point1,071 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Stockton1,046 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 29, 2012
Weasel1,034 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Charlotte1,030 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 28, 2012
Blacktail1,013 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Power County Assist 11,002 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 15, 2012
Impact1,002 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 7, 2012
Big Hill67,082 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 18, 2011
T-17 Fire43,981 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 28, 2011
Blair39,564 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 20, 2011
Saddle Complex32,770 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Salt24,501 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Grindstone21,604 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 3, 2011
Windmill17,376 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 7, 2011
Southsim15,781 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 17, 2011
Double A13,118 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 8, 2011
Union10,533 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 16, 2011
Hot Spings 210,397 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 3, 2011
East Fork9,904 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Dead Horse Cave6,959 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 9, 2011
Bingham Point6,660 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 23, 2011
Hwy46 Mm1034,977 ac
2011 · perimeter dated September 2, 2011
Castro4,853 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 11, 2017
Otter4,610 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Double Storm3,918 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Goody2,893 ac
2011 · perimeter dated July 21, 2011
Ship Island2,820 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Velvet2,749 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Black Canyon2,298 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Garden1,743 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 23, 2011
Sailor Creek1,721 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 5, 2011
Big Foot1,717 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 5, 2011
Indian1,694 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2014
Alky1,556 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 5, 2011
Mm621,358 ac
2011 · perimeter dated July 22, 2011
South Pen1,305 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 16, 2011

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.