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
Mill Creek7,892 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 21, 2005
Millcreek7,881 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 15, 2005
Cove5,242 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 26, 2005
Neck4,931 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 27, 2005
Sheep Creek Wfu3,926 ac
2005 · perimeter dated December 13, 2005
Sunrise3,050 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 26, 2005
North Gorge2,704 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 15, 2005
Burgess1,907 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 25, 2005
Frisco1,885 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 23, 2005
Plateau1,318 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 29, 2005
White Knoll1,318 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 27, 2005
White Knoll1,305 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 1, 2005
Wide Canyon1,270 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 15, 2005
Wide Canyon1,270 ac
2005 · perimeter dated April 22, 2025
Powerline 21,216 ac
2005 · perimeter dated December 31, 2005
Hawkins35,427 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 31, 2004
Hawkins34,440 ac
2004 · perimeter dated July 28, 2004
Square17,146 ac
2004 · perimeter dated September 1, 2004
Six Mile4,813 ac
2004 · perimeter dated January 11, 2005
Pine Park 24,799 ac
2004 · perimeter dated August 25, 2004
Pine Park 24,793 ac
2004 · perimeter dated July 28, 2004
Clear Trap4,380 ac
2004 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dammeron3,559 ac
2004 · perimeter dated June 16, 2004
Big Canyon3,415 ac
2004 · perimeter dated January 1, 2004
Dammeron3,248 ac
2004 · perimeter dated June 19, 2004
Red Bull1,836 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Middle Ridge1,674 ac
2004 · perimeter dated August 15, 2004
Sheep Fence1,204 ac
2004 · perimeter dated August 2, 2004
Bulldog31,729 ac
2003 · perimeter dated December 31, 2003
Apex29,930 ac
2003 · perimeter dated October 17, 2003
Cascade7,829 ac
2003 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Cherry Creek 26,034 ac
2003 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Lonesome Beaver4,171 ac
2003 · perimeter dated September 10, 2003
Woodenshoe2,800 ac
2003 · perimeter dated December 5, 2003
Woodenshoe2,718 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 1, 2003
Farmington2,069 ac
2003 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
Diamond Creek88,421 ac
2002 · perimeter dated January 1, 2002
Sanford73,380 ac
2002 · perimeter dated May 31, 2002
Mustang16,794 ac
2002 · perimeter dated July 26, 2002
East Fork14,205 ac
2002 · perimeter dated December 7, 2016
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.