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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

North Fork · 1988489,214 acClover Mist · 1988341,292 acClovermist · 1988232,190 acHellroaring · 1988206,358 acStorm Creek · 1988206,056 acMink · 1988144,695 acHuck · 1988120,297 acHuck · 1988119,439 acArapaho · 201298,037 acDeer Creek · 201790,957 ac

All mapped large fires

Fontenelle64,220 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Oil Creek61,460 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Fontenelle47,436 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Apline Lake45,849 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
North Buffalo29,929 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cato27,693 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Sheepherder Hill15,497 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Sawmill14,151 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Cow Camp8,491 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Gilead8,189 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 23, 2018
Squirrel Creek6,685 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Little Boxelder6,504 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Bear Cub6,489 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Border5,779 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Moss Agate4,304 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Upper Bee3,934 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Cygnet3,540 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Seminoe3,516 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Horsethief Canyon3,373 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Guernsey State Park2,832 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Ferris2,640 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Collins2,444 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Whitmeyer Creek2,034 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Skull Creek1,734 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Butte Creek1,514 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Ghost1,507 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Dewdrop1,498 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Wildcat Creek1,317 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Sage Creek1,122 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Sand Creek1,045 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Elk Butte1,002 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Norton Point24,221 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Squaw Mtn14,496 ac
2011 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Red Rock9,515 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Hole In The Wall6,334 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Whoopup6,090 ac
2011 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Nowlin4,686 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Rourke4,215 ac
2011 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
2052,574 ac
2011 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Gray Hills2,468 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019

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.