Washington Large Wildfire History
Since 1980, 248 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Washington, 10 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 230,102 ac; together they cover about 4,657,022 ac.
Fires by decade
'80
'90
'00
'10
Largest in Washington
All mapped large fires
Vansycle Canyon4,510 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 27, 2017
2414,291 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 27, 2017
Road 292,951 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 27, 2017
Salmon1,802 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 27, 2017
Washington Flats1,139 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 27, 2017
Plath Road1,070 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 27, 2017
Eureka20,839 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 6, 2010
Swakane19,435 ac
2010 · perimeter dated December 31, 2010
Rainbow Bridge3,996 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 29, 2010
Rainbow Bridge3,632 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Highway 81,995 ac
2010 · perimeter dated November 21, 2013
Fftf1,266 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 1, 2010
Dallesport1,179 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 12, 2010
Black Rock Valley48,911 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 27, 2017
Discovery4,121 ac
2009 · perimeter dated December 31, 2009
Milepost 381,910 ac
2009 · perimeter dated September 16, 2009
Columbia River Road22,101 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 7, 2008
Swanson Lake18,057 ac
2008 · perimeter dated November 21, 2013
Badger Mt11,925 ac
2008 · perimeter dated November 21, 2013
Cold Springs7,959 ac
2008 · perimeter dated November 21, 2013
Unnamed7,684 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 1, 2008
Two Lakes6,431 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 1, 2008
Incident 2623,143 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 27, 2008
Baird Springs3,062 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 26, 2018
Unnamed2,963 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 1, 2008
Unnamed2,929 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 1, 2008
Unnamed2,265 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 1, 2008
Cayuse1,776 ac
2008 · perimeter dated December 31, 2008
Wautoma67,300 ac
2007 · perimeter dated December 31, 2007
Black Rock31,469 ac
2007 · perimeter dated December 31, 2007
Manila Creek27,505 ac
2007 · perimeter dated November 19, 2019
Manilla Creek25,790 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 27, 2017
Overlook19,569 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 27, 2017
Tunk Grade15,521 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 14, 2007
Domke Lake11,784 ac
2007 · perimeter dated December 31, 2007
Pend D'Oreille9,482 ac
2007 · perimeter dated November 21, 2013
Les Blair7,038 ac
2007 · perimeter dated December 31, 2007
Milepost 176,453 ac
2007 · perimeter dated December 31, 2007
Little Chopaka4,040 ac
2007 · perimeter dated November 21, 2013
Pine Spring1,851 ac
2007 · perimeter dated December 31, 2007
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.