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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

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Largest in Washington

Carlton · 2014230,102 acNorth Star · 2015215,401 acRange 12 · 2016176,835 acRange 12 · 2016175,245 acTripod · 2006174,857 acTunk Block · 2015165,004 acTyee · 1994140,173 acLime Belt · 2015133,438 acDiamond Creek · 2017126,836 acVolcanic Blast And Fires · 1980105,638 ac

All mapped large fires

Thunder Mountain10,471 ac
1994 · perimeter dated November 2, 2006
L.Boulder7,272 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Tunk4,903 ac
1994 · perimeter dated November 21, 2013
War Ckpass2,595 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Mcallister1,557 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Kellerfe1,695 ac
1985 · perimeter dated November 19, 2019
Beaver1,062 ac
1985 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Volcanic Blast And Fires105,638 ac
1980 · perimeter dated July 1, 2008

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.