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
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'10
Largest in Utah
All mapped large fires
Omg2,708 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 27, 2012
Roundabout2,458 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 9, 2012
West Mountain2,456 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 22, 2012
Quail2,218 ac
2012 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Butte2,204 ac
2012 · perimeter dated September 18, 2012
Hurricane Assist 22,177 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 31, 2012
Little Pine2,134 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 10, 2012
Lost Lake2,073 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 16, 2012
Box Creek2,049 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 9, 2012
Pole Creek2,024 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 18, 2012
Pole Creek2,024 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 18, 2012
New Harmony1,824 ac
2012 · perimeter dated December 31, 2012
West Twin_Peak1,760 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 14, 2012
Quail1,708 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 4, 2012
Red Ledges1,683 ac
2012 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Ar Fire1,679 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 31, 2012
Ibapah1,630 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 31, 2012
Ophir Creek1,569 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 16, 2012
Glenanna1,534 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 22, 2012
731,390 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 19, 2012
Se Cedar Mtn1,239 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 14, 2012
Red Butte1,161 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 14, 2012
Lake Creek1,095 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 4, 2012
Lakeside16,267 ac
2011 · perimeter dated July 20, 2011
Wrangler8,455 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 13, 2011
Locomotive5,915 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 22, 2011
Jericho2,205 ac
2011 · perimeter dated September 13, 2011
Chaparral1,598 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 10, 2011
Hancock1,406 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 5, 2011
Barn1,374 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 17, 2011
Goose_Nest1,079 ac
2011 · perimeter dated July 22, 2011
West_Sahara1,055 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 21, 2011
Cottonwood1,025 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 19, 2011
Twitchell Canyon44,874 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 22, 2018
Coffee Pot1,968 ac
2010 · perimeter dated December 1, 2010
Delle1,396 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 17, 2010
Eight Mile1,376 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 7, 2010
Big Pole43,923 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 6, 2009
Big Pole43,923 ac
2009 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Dairy Valley29,731 ac
2009 · perimeter dated July 26, 2009
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.