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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

Sheep Creek1,040 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Solitude2,174 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 22, 2018
Middle Ridge10,306 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 18, 2014
Levan4,339 ac
2014 · perimeter dated August 7, 2014
Levan4,339 ac
2014 · perimeter dated September 9, 2014
Sheep2,930 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 29, 2014
Taylor Mountain Road2,862 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 17, 2014
Anaconda1,140 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 27, 2014
Lion Peak1,053 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 29, 2014
Patch Springs31,011 ac
2013 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Patch Springs31,010 ac
2013 · perimeter dated October 3, 2013
State30,636 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 22, 2013
State29,825 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 3, 2013
Antelope5,449 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 9, 2013
Black Mountain4,324 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 11, 2013
Millville2,868 ac
2013 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Playground2,539 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 25, 2013
Wildflower1,748 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 5, 2013
2221,577 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 27, 2013
Clay Springs107,767 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 22, 2018
Seeley47,655 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 31, 2012
Seeley47,588 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 2, 2012
Wood Hollow47,388 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 6, 2012
Dallas Canyon43,661 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 13, 2012
Faust22,045 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 14, 2012
Wolf Den20,046 ac
2012 · perimeter dated December 11, 2012
Baboon19,779 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 4, 2012
Grease Fire15,898 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 27, 2012
Shingle8,064 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 1, 2012
Church Camp7,211 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 19, 2017
Church Camp7,169 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 16, 2012
White Rocks6,251 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 10, 2012
Pinyon5,767 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 14, 2012
Sunrise Mine5,725 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 30, 2012
Dump5,502 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 27, 2012
Shivwits5,035 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 21, 2012
Rhyolite4,358 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 19, 2012
Shanty Canyon3,099 ac
2012 · perimeter dated September 13, 2012
Reserve3,066 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 22, 2012
Reserve3,064 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 16, 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.