Hazards

Wildfires

Every large fire mapped from satellite imagery since 1984 by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program.

21,273large fires since 1984
194.4Macres burned
2020worst year, 9.66M acres
1,488fires of 25,000 acres or more

2025 194.4Macres burned by large fires so far

Map: the 400 largest fires since 1984, in the order they burned.

Acres burned each year

Total area of large fires by year of ignition. Recent years are completed as mapping catches up.

The largest fires

Each opens its mapped perimeter and the acres it burned in every county.

Largest wildfires since 1984

August Complex	2020	1,067,970	CA	Trinity
Smokehouse Creek Fire	2024	1,047,245	OK, TX	Roberts
Dixie Fire	2021	979,722	CA	Plumas
Oks - Starbuck Fire	2017	656,868	KS, OK	Clark
Morrill Fire	2026	645,316	NE	Garden
East Amarillo Complex	2006	593,293	TX	Roberts
Murphy Complex	2007	567,212	ID, NV	Owyhee
Wallow Fire	2011	563,564	AZ, NM	Apache
North Fork Fire	1988	563,089	ID, MT, WY	Park
Long Draw Fire	2012	557,211	OR	Malheur
Boundary Fire	2004	537,728	AK	Fairbanks North Star
Dall City Fire	2004	530,540	AK	Yukon-Koyukuk
Railbelt Complex (Minto Flats South)	2009	523,418	AK	Yukon-Koyukuk
Biscuit Complex (Biscuit)	2002	494,980	CA, OR	Curry
Chalkyitsik Complex	2019	470,271	AK	Yukon-Koyukuk
Rodeo Fire	2002	461,451	AZ	Navajo
Taylor Highway Complex (Billy Creek)	2004	460,335	AK	Southeast Fairbanks
Holloway Fire	2012	457,680	NV, OR	Humboldt
Fyu Ne 85 Fire	1990	438,445	AK	Yukon-Koyukuk
Martin Fire	2018	431,841	NV	Elko
Park Fire	2024	431,350	CA	Tehama
North Dag Fire	2004	429,332	AK	Yukon-Koyukuk
Ranch Fire	2018	426,721	CA	Lake
Bootleg Fire	2021	413,425	OR	Klamath
Middle Yukon Fires	2015	407,220	AK	Yukon-Koyukuk
Scu Lightning Complex	2020	405,644	CA	Stanislaus
Creek Fire	2020	381,529	CA	Fresno
Mustang Complex	2012	377,684	ID, MT	Lemhi
Anderson Creek Fire	2016	374,226	KS, OK	Barber
Kan 7 Fire	1990	367,541	AK	Yukon-Koyukuk
Pingo Fire	2004	353,275	AK	Yukon-Koyukuk
Hermits Peak Fire	2022	351,782	NM	San Miguel
Milford Flat Fire	2007	348,702	UT	Millard
Taylor Highway Complex (Chicken)	2004	337,961	AK	Southeast Fairbanks
032018 Fire	1990	333,320	AK	Yukon-Koyukuk
Big Turnaround Complex	2007	328,707	FL, GA	Ware
Black Fire	2022	328,399	NM	Sierra
Southern Nevada Complex (Duzak)	2005	327,383	NV, UT	Lincoln
East Zone Complex (Raines)	2007	318,567	ID	Idaho
Cascade Complex (Monumental)	2007	317,014	ID	Valley
North Complex	2020	316,524	CA	Plumas
Hennessey Fire	2020	314,015	CA	Napa
Whitewater-Baldy Fire	2012	307,528	NM	Catron
Rush Fire	2012	307,085	CA, NV	Lassen
Clovermist Fire	1988	303,221	MT, WY	Park
Long Butte Fire	2010	302,474	ID	Owyhee
Rock House Fire	2011	299,011	TX	Jeff Davis
Koktuli River Fire	2022	296,617	AK	Dillingham
Winter Trail Fire	2004	295,750	AK	Yukon-Koyukuk
832604 Fire	1988	294,002	AK	Yukon-Koyukuk

Recent large fires

Recent large wildfires

Sharpe Fire	2026	29,710	CO, OK	Baca
Line Fire	2026	29,782	NM, TX	Quay
Hunggate Fire	2026	34,842	TX	Randall
Meade Lake Fire	2026	46,581	KS	Meade
Ashby Fire	2026	36,770	NE	Grant
Cottonwood Fire	2026	132,350	NE	Lincoln
Morrill Fire	2026	645,316	NE	Garden
Road 203 Fire	2026	36,123	NE	Thomas
National Fire	2026	37,380	FL	Collier
Ranger Road Fire	2026	280,127	KS, OK	Beaver
Salt Fire	2025	26,401	CA	Fresno
Cottonwood Peak Fire	2025	137,796	NV	Elko
Red Canyon Fire	2025	128,476	WY	Hot Springs
Jakes Fire	2025	82,900	NV	Elko
Gifford Fire	2025	130,896	CA	San Luis Obispo

Where they burn

States with the most acres burned, and the county rankings.

1Alaska38.4M
2California25.2M
3Idaho18.0M
4Oregon15.1M
5Nevada12.8M
6Texas10.4M
7Montana9.83M
8Arizona8.94M
9New Mexico7.82M
10Washington7.47M
11Florida7.18M
12Utah5.46M
13Wyoming4.88M
14Oklahoma4.72M
15Colorado3.17M