Wildfires

Wildfires of 1910

The Interagency Fire Perimeter History holds 238 mapped wildfires from 1910, covering 2,504,322 acres. 111 fires reached 1,000 acres or more in at least one record; the largest was the Unnamed Fire in Idaho, at 868,834 acres. For 1910 the record is what forests, parks and agencies mapped and kept, not every fire that burned.

Fires of 1,000 acres or more
111
Perimeters on file
238

1909 1911

Map

Every fire of 1910 with a page here, sized by the acres burned. Select one for its perimeter and record.

Largest fires111

Wildfires of 1,000 acres or more, largest first. The size is the reported final size where a fire report survives, else the burned area MTBS mapped, else the area inside the final perimeter.

FireStateAcresStartCause
Unnamed FireID868,834
Glass Mountain FireCA146,968
Essex 1910 FireMT113,910
Fire 15 FireOR99,962
Fire 30 FireOR76,724
Anaconda,Dutch,Camas 1910 FireMT71,763
Unnamed FireMT65,441
Fire 5 FireOR56,172
Fire 2 FireOR53,026
Fire 29 FireOR52,802
Unnamed FireMT51,879
Fire 11 FireOR44,659
Kintla 1910 FireMT42,299
Fire 6 FireOR38,568
Cat Hill FireOR31,729
Fire 25 FireOR22,134
Unnamed FireWA21,818
Fire 28 FireOR21,070
Fire 27 FireOR19,294
Fire 20 FireOR19,197
Unnamed FireCA18,929
Fire 3 FireOR18,792
Unnamed FireWA18,702
Unnamed FireMT18,635
Fire 14 FireOR18,176
Fire 13 FireOR18,139
Fire 19 FireOR16,222
Bowman Creek 1910 FireMT15,203
Unnamed FireID14,302
Fire 8 FireOR13,660
Fire 23 FireOR13,648
South Fork FireOR13,597
Not available FireOR13,269
Fire 31 FireOR12,545
Fire 18 FireOR12,284
Coal Creek/Garry; Pinchot/Peril? 1910 FireMT12,243
Fire 1 FireOR11,811
Unnamed FireWA11,776
Unnamed FireMT11,545
Coyote Creek FireCA11,227
Fire 10 FireOR11,032
Unnamed FireID10,914
Fire 4 FireOR10,798
Unnamed FireWA10,678
Unnamed FireCA9,446
Unnamed FireCA9,001
Midvale or Lubec 1910 FireMT8,876
Not available FireOR7,807
Unnamed FireOR7,542
Edison Ice Cave 2 FireOR7,330
Fire 22 FireOR6,578
Unnamed FireWA6,575
Unnamed FireWA6,049
Fire 9 FireOR5,593
Unnamed FireMT5,411
Unnamed FireMT5,162
Buzzard Rock FireOR5,120
Unnamed FireMT5,110
Not available FireOR4,539
Unnamed FireCA4,412
Unnamed FireCA4,019
Unnamed FireID3,904
Unnamed FireOR3,782
Unnamed FireWA3,646
Thousand Springs FireOR3,451
Unnamed FireAZ3,142
Peavine FireOR3,084
Unnamed FireAZ3,041
Unnamed FireCA2,992
Unnamed FireWA2,900
Not available FireOR2,866
Unnamed FireCA2,861
Unnamed FireID2,860
Unnamed FireCA2,852
Unnamed FireCA2,816
Little Tongue FireWY2,473
Not available FireOR2,451
Metolius-Jefferson Creek FireOR2,427
Not available FireOR2,424
Fire 24 FireOR2,390
Unnamed FireCA2,254
Unnamed FireAZ2,117
Unnamed FireCA2,060
Unnamed FireCA2,046
Unnamed FireCA1,989
Unnamed FireID1,964
Unnamed FireWA1,875
Unnamed FireWA1,869
Red Fern FireSD1,867
Unnamed FireWA1,843
Unnamed FireWA1,842
Huckelberry FireOR1,815
Unnamed FireID1,755
Unnamed FireCA1,676
Unnamed FireCA1,646
Unnamed FireCA1,555
Unnamed FireCA1,533
Needle Rock FireOR1,483
Fire 21 FireOR1,478
Odell Spring FireOR1,449
Unnamed FireID1,444
Unnamed FireCA1,429
Fire 7 FireOR1,428
Unnamed FireOR1,361
Unnamed FireCA1,315
Unnamed FireWA1,197
Fire 16 FireOR1,158
North Davis Lake FireOR1,158
Allen FireMT1,117
Abbott Creek FireOR1,113
Fire 26 FireOR1,056

By state

StateFires of 1,000+ acresTheir acres
Idaho8905,977
Oregon50800,192
Montana14428,594
California21233,023
Washington1390,769
Arizona38,299
Wyoming12,473
South Dakota11,867

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2000s 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

1990s 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990

1980s 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980

1970s 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970

1960s 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960

1950s 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950

1940s 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940

1930s 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930

1920s 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920

1910s 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910

1900s 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1903 1902 1901 1900

1890s 1899 1898 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890

1880s 1889 1888 1886 1885 1880

1870s 1878 1870

1860s 1860

1850s 1850

Sources

Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.