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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

Horse Creek 21,700 ac
2007 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Promontory Ne1,638 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Promontory South1,638 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Promontory Nw1,638 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Granite Creek1,386 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Beaverdam1,354 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Blue Bank 21,089 ac
2007 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Pole Creek1,027 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Little Venus34,577 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Purdy22,571 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Purdy20,037 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Sawmill16,514 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Thorn Divide Complex14,896 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Tracer13,893 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Old Chicago13,317 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Outlaw 212,311 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Buffalo Creek - Dooley11,981 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Jackson Canyon11,776 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Twenty Mile 211,639 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Trailer8,425 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Horse Creek 26,617 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Little Powder4,708 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Jim Creek3,565 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Magpie3,237 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Poison Spider3,165 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Little Canyon Creek3,017 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Walker2,750 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Bacon Creek2,066 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Survey Wfu1,426 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Hechtman Wfu1,353 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Battle Mountain1,109 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
No Water Creek1,082 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 15, 2017
Stinky1,006 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
East18,224 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
East17,306 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Boulder Basin Ii10,443 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Deep Lake6,912 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Norris5,425 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Grizzly4,099 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
East Table3,620 ac
2003 · 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.