Utah Large Wildfire History
Since 1980, 437 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Utah, 4 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 337,677 ac; together they cover about 4,073,063 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in Utah
All mapped large fires
Neck18,769 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 12, 2019
Shelter Pass8,971 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 21, 2019
Goose Point8,907 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 31, 2019
Russell5,950 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 10, 2019
Curlew4,332 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 10, 2019
Meadow Creek4,231 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 18, 2020
Peavine Canyon3,845 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 5, 2020
Leamington3,686 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 1, 2019
Skull Flat 23,026 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 18, 2020
Paint Mine2,665 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 15, 2019
Little Bear2,653 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 26, 2019
Green Ravine2,117 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 24, 2019
Skull Flat1,626 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 7, 2019
Goat Canyon1,594 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 15, 2019
Utfsr-Fy19-Rx-Avocet1,538 ac
2019 · perimeter dated April 29, 2020
Poison Canyon1,424 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 25, 2020
South Timpie Springs1,321 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 29, 2019
Mm122 I151,232 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 28, 2019
Pole Creek101,875 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 25, 2018
Dollar Ridge70,003 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 19, 2018
Coal Hollow29,912 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 30, 2018
Bald Mountain18,603 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 29, 2018
Trail Mountain17,989 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 30, 2018
Cedar Mountain One13,942 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 27, 2018
North Eden13,762 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 18, 2018
West Valley11,769 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 27, 2018
Lakeside9,880 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 5, 2018
Black Mountain5,634 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 10, 2018
Murdock4,926 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 16, 2018
Willow Patch4,583 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 16, 2018
Bender Mountain4,121 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 12, 2018
Ellerbeck3,658 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 14, 2018
Utbbr-Fy19-Rx-Wetlands - Unit 2D3,425 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 10, 2020
Cove Creek2,620 ac
2018 · perimeter dated March 22, 2019
Riggs2,260 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 5, 2018
Wood Canyon2,030 ac
2018 · perimeter dated March 22, 2019
Riggs1,387 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 25, 2018
Willow Creek1,301 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 1, 2018
Raft River1,242 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 4, 2018
Horse Valley1,131 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 26, 2018
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.