Wyoming Large Wildfire History
Since 1981, 284 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Wyoming, 8 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 489,214 ac; together they cover about 4,624,363 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in Wyoming
All mapped large fires
Simmons21,099 ac
2016 · perimeter dated November 30, 2016
Berry20,841 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 17, 2016
Berry20,825 ac
2016 · perimeter dated March 31, 2017
Lava Mountain14,660 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Buffalo13,697 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Whit12,392 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Kara Creek12,359 ac
2016 · perimeter dated November 30, 2016
Hunter Peak3,595 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Hatchery2,798 ac
2016 · perimeter dated February 23, 2018
Fawn2,705 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Snake2,565 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 18, 2016
Douglas2,347 ac
2016 · perimeter dated November 30, 2016
Short2,302 ac
2016 · perimeter dated November 30, 2016
Central2,129 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Broadway2,121 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 16, 2016
Cedar Draw 22,037 ac
2016 · perimeter dated November 30, 2016
Deer Creek2,029 ac
2016 · perimeter dated November 30, 2016
Pronghorn1,890 ac
2016 · perimeter dated November 30, 2016
Pronghorn1,889 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 30, 2016
Twin Lakes1,579 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Buck Draw1,342 ac
2016 · perimeter dated November 30, 2016
Tokewanna1,288 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 14, 2016
Station9,521 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 20, 2016
Spruce2,556 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Bitter Creek2,483 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 16, 2016
Two Track Fire1,894 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 16, 2016
Sheep Creek1,656 ac
2015 · perimeter dated February 23, 2018
Little Bob Lake1,259 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Wagon Hound1,010 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 16, 2016
Swede1,529 ac
2014 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
West Range Fire1,170 ac
2014 · perimeter dated June 23, 2016
Hardluck24,515 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Alum7,095 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Alder4,237 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Burroughs1,782 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Big Fork1,509 ac
2013 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Fairfield1,335 ac
2013 · perimeter dated February 1, 2019
Fairfield1,335 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Green1,065 ac
2013 · perimeter dated February 14, 2025
Arapaho98,037 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
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.