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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

Row3,430 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Row3,412 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dry Cottonwood8,672 ac
1991 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Ann'S3,718 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
North Fork489,214 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Clover Mist341,292 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Clovermist232,190 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Hellroaring206,358 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Storm Creek206,056 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Mink144,695 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Huck120,297 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Huck119,439 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mink88,370 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Stormcreek83,733 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Snake80,363 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Huck63,357 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Hellroarin49,730 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Fayette37,376 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Shoshone26,791 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Clover26,480 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Redshoshon23,300 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Red18,303 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Lost17,884 ac
1988 · perimeter dated March 13, 2018
Fan15,285 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Falls14,748 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Hunter5,558 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Hunter4,637 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Corral Creek4,380 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mist3,295 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Intermission2,585 ac
1988 · perimeter dated March 13, 2018
Natural Bridge1,719 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Unit 401,374 ac
1988 · perimeter dated June 13, 2022
Emerald Lake1,296 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Flatfish1,176 ac
1988 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Adams Hill2,461 ac
1987 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Lynda'S1,267 ac
1985 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Forest Lk10,579 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Sulphur4,373 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Two Ocean4,313 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Witch3,965 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021

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.