Wildfires

Wildfires of 1954

The Interagency Fire Perimeter History holds 232 mapped wildfires from 1954, covering 1,996,346 acres. 71 fires reached 1,000 acres or more in at least one record; the largest was the Tozitna Fire in Alaska, at 573,639 acres. For 1954 the record is what forests, parks and agencies mapped and kept, not every fire that burned.

Fires of 1,000 acres or more
71
Perimeters on file
232

1953 1955

Map

Every fire of 1954 with a page here, sized by the acres burned. Select one for its perimeter and record.

Largest fires71

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
Tozitna FireAK573,639
Imuruk Basin FireAK415,051
Paimiut FireAK354,351
Mulchatna FireAK93,917
Purcell Mountain FireAK92,627
Nowitna FireAK62,011
Venetie S15 FireAK56,858
Alatna FireAK18,907
Granite Mountain FireAK18,055
20 Mile FireAK16,228
Unnamed FireCA14,710
Circle S.10 FireAK14,160
Monrovia Peak FireCA13,870
Devil FireCA13,094
In-Alaska FireAK10,772
Charles FireCA10,591
Jameson FireCA7,881
McCORMICK ROAD HOUSE W-14 FireAK7,860
Unnamed FireCA7,586
Unnamed FireCA7,275
San Ysidro FireCA6,960
White Gulch FireCA6,641
Piute FireCA6,286
Panorama FireCA5,454
Davis #2 FireCA5,202
Wiegand FireCA4,956
Bufford Mtn FireCA4,939
S.e. Northway FireAK4,665
Kelly FireAZ4,582
Preacher Creek FireAK4,475
Rincon FireAZ4,373
Davis Ran FireCA4,299
Cable Canyon FireCA3,921
Twin Sister FireCA3,893
Beaver #40 FireAK3,663
County Roadside #19 FireCA3,490
Winfield FireCA3,223
Northway South FireAK3,206
Hopper FireCA3,084
Hughes NW10 FireAK2,815
Hallelujah FireCA2,750
Airport FireCA2,679
Spinning Wheel FireCA2,677
Hoover Ridge FireCA2,662
Olinda FireCA2,514
San Clemente FireCA2,358
Unnamed FireCA2,341
Unnamed FireCA2,256
Oak Flat FireCA2,213
Unnamed FireCA2,201
Marcelino FireCA2,187
Lightning #5 FireCA2,129
Cloverdale #2 FireCA2,069
Omohundro FireCA2,027
Elliott FireCA1,952
Sable FireCA1,791
Power Line #1 FireCA1,757
I. Zumwalt FireCA1,643
Unnamed FireCA1,625
County Roadside #4 FireCA1,562
Unnamed FireNV1,530
Smith Ranch FireCA1,437
Capital Lumber Co FireCA1,424
Dubli FireAK1,281
Christian Village SW15 FireAK1,242
Luneman #2 FireCA1,143
Casuse Ridge FireCA1,063
Mill Flat FireOR1,058
Sulpher Mt FireCA1,048
Mix Canyon FireCA1,032
Tashala Escape FireCA1,007

Prescribed fires17

Planned burns of 1,000 acres or more that MTBS or the perimeter history recorded.

FireStateAcresStartCause
Mt. Bullion Coop Prescribed FireCA12,609
Colorado Coop Prescribed FireCA11,042
Guisto Prescribed FireCA11,041
Speaker Coop Prescribed FireCA7,060
Striped Rock Coop #1 Prescribed FireCA5,667
Marsh Flat Coop #3 Prescribed FireCA3,277
Pretzer Prescribed FireCA2,963
O'Neal Prescribed FireCA2,827
Coleman Flat #2 Coop Prescribed FireCA2,721
Haigh-Cuneo Coop Prescribed FireCA2,365
Crooks Mtn West Prescribed FireCA1,786
80 Club North Prescribed FireCA1,779
Mcmahon/Haigh Prescribed FireCA1,715
Stivers Prescribed FireCA1,465
Crooks Mtn East Prescribed FireCA1,389
Stevenson Prescribed FireCA1,195
Long #10 Prescribed FireCA1,004

By state

StateFires of 1,000+ acresTheir acres
Alaska201,755,781
California47188,897
Arizona28,955
Nevada11,530
Oregon11,058

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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

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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.