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
Bulloch1,762 ac
1994 · perimeter dated July 25, 1994
Cisco Mesa1,377 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 1, 1994
Rr11,268 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 1, 1994
Cave Canyon1,242 ac
1994 · perimeter dated August 15, 1994
Westwater 31,059 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 1, 1994
Thompsom1,027 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 1, 1994
White Rock2,371 ac
1993 · perimeter dated July 19, 1993
Millcreek2,248 ac
1993 · perimeter dated June 23, 1993
Flat Canyon Escape Rx1,779 ac
1993 · perimeter dated October 21, 1993
Monument Canyon1,523 ac
1992 · perimeter dated August 31, 2020
Big Hollow4,858 ac
1990 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Cherry (Vernon Complex))4,747 ac
1990 · perimeter dated August 31, 2020
Diamond Peak16,675 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 1, 1989
Uinta Flat7,526 ac
1989 · perimeter dated July 15, 1989
Uinta Canyon5,477 ac
1989 · perimeter dated August 8, 1989
Box Elder2,966 ac
1989 · perimeter dated August 31, 2020
Six Mile1,989 ac
1989 · perimeter dated August 5, 1989
Rough Canyon1,435 ac
1989 · perimeter dated August 5, 1989
White Rocks16,070 ac
1988 · perimeter dated September 17, 1988
Affleck Park5,744 ac
1988 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Powder Mountain3,019 ac
1988 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Green River1,958 ac
1988 · perimeter dated August 5, 1988
Hiker1,503 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 1, 1988
Squaw Creek1,370 ac
1987 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Tank Wash1,321 ac
1987 · perimeter dated January 1, 1987
Oak Grove6,778 ac
1986 · perimeter dated June 19, 1986
Ranch 1, 2, 31,883 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 1, 1986
Snyder 31,538 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 1, 1986
Weyman4,725 ac
1985 · perimeter dated January 19, 2017
Pine Creek1,954 ac
1985 · perimeter dated June 25, 1985
Island1,412 ac
1985 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Oak Road1,024 ac
1982 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Little Oak Creek27,525 ac
1981 · perimeter dated October 2, 2018
Clay Springs19,046 ac
1981 · perimeter dated October 2, 2018
Water Hollow1,080 ac
1981 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Lily Lake3,261 ac
1980 · perimeter dated August 31, 2020
Broadhead (Maybe Murdock Basin)2,703 ac
1980 · perimeter dated August 31, 2020
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.