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
'80
'90
'00
'10
Largest in Utah
All mapped large fires
Barn1,813 ac
1998 · perimeter dated July 17, 1998
Buckskin1,108 ac
1998 · perimeter dated August 5, 1998
Flat5,505 ac
1997 · perimeter dated December 31, 1997
Cogswell4,385 ac
1997 · perimeter dated May 19, 1997
Pahcoon2,250 ac
1997 · perimeter dated July 23, 1997
Leamington Complex157,943 ac
1996 · perimeter dated August 31, 2020
Twin41,827 ac
1996 · perimeter dated July 16, 1996
Leamington Complex20,286 ac
1996 · perimeter dated July 27, 2007
Cunningham17,147 ac
1996 · perimeter dated August 26, 1996
Golden Spike16,186 ac
1996 · perimeter dated March 26, 2019
Adelaide14,985 ac
1996 · perimeter dated July 26, 2007
Honeyboy10,477 ac
1996 · perimeter dated August 15, 1996
Magotsu/Racer8,612 ac
1996 · perimeter dated July 24, 1996
Wildcat8,107 ac
1996 · perimeter dated September 13, 1996
Wildcat7,918 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Pole Creek7,113 ac
1996 · perimeter dated July 30, 2007
Tank3,032 ac
1996 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
East Carbon1,130 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 1, 1996
Piute1,032 ac
1996 · perimeter dated August 18, 1996
Sorenson Ranch1,015 ac
1996 · perimeter dated July 26, 2007
Cedarpockets12,789 ac
1995 · perimeter dated August 4, 1995
Milford Pass9,092 ac
1995 · perimeter dated July 11, 1996
Valley City 23,234 ac
1995 · perimeter dated January 1, 1995
Perry Canyon3,121 ac
1995 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Birthday2,875 ac
1995 · perimeter dated July 4, 1995
Cove Fort1,593 ac
1995 · perimeter dated July 26, 2007
Birdrefuge21,234 ac
1995 · perimeter dated June 28, 1995
Birdrefuge11,012 ac
1995 · perimeter dated June 28, 1995
Black Willow13,874 ac
1994 · perimeter dated July 27, 2007
Dry Canyon 211,458 ac
1994 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Milford Bench9,906 ac
1994 · perimeter dated August 5, 1994
East Harker (Vernon Complex)8,197 ac
1994 · perimeter dated August 31, 2020
Bennion Creek (Vernon Complex)6,101 ac
1994 · perimeter dated August 31, 2020
Edgar Canyon4,256 ac
1994 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Bitter Creek3,659 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 1, 1994
Trojan Ii2,975 ac
1994 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Willow Basin2,932 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 1, 1994
Willow Basin2,777 ac
1994 · perimeter dated October 20, 1994
Terra2,517 ac
1994 · perimeter dated August 31, 2020
Motoqua2,138 ac
1994 · perimeter dated July 7, 1994
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.