Wildfires

Wildfires of 1957

The Interagency Fire Perimeter History holds 398 mapped wildfires from 1957, covering 5,360,867 acres. 143 fires reached 1,000 acres or more in at least one record; the largest was the Kateel River #5 Fire in Alaska, at 1,130,020 acres. For 1957 the record is what forests, parks and agencies mapped and kept, not every fire that burned.

Fires of 1,000 acres or more
143
Perimeters on file
398

1956 1958

Map

Every fire of 1957 with a page here, sized by the acres burned. Select one for its perimeter and record.

Largest fires143

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
Kateel River #5 FireAK1,130,020
Shageluk E FireAK705,214
Holikachuk FireAK430,966
Anvik River FireAK399,199
Bonasila FireAK288,151
Rocket 4 FireAK174,152
Sleetmute Fires FireAK163,827
Hill 1224 FireAK155,471
Rolling Creek #1 FireAK152,363
Titna FireAK113,487
Halfway Roadhouse FireAK94,819
Bettles W-40 FireAK85,063
Iditarod Fires FireAK77,700
Innoko #2 FireAK77,495
Ungalik (Gisasa) FireAK65,116
Bearpaw Mtn NW-12 FireAK59,343
South Fork Nulato River FireAK51,894
Unnamed FireID51,388
Central W-10 FireAK49,702
Innoko #1 FireAK48,201
Walden Fork FireAK47,105
Upper Tatalina FireAK43,257
Fish Creek #1 FireAK39,462
Sawtooth Mountain S-6 FireAK33,480
Shageluk Ne FireAK28,721
Dishkaket NE-10 FireAK26,793
Jakes Fork FireNV26,681
Geisler FireID25,301
Swift River FireAK25,180
Gale FireCA24,708
Lone Mountain N-12 FireAK24,258
Beacon Inn FireID22,631
Upper Melozitna FireAK19,030
Rosevear FireID18,344
Takotna FireAK18,216
Venetie N-15 FireAK17,281
Unnamed FireCA16,628
Iliamna FireAK16,318
Nikabuna Lakes FireAK15,646
Wolf Mt. N-10 FireAK15,472
Deacon`s #3 FireAK14,600
Sparrevohn #3 FireAK14,064
Sunshine Mt FireAK13,116
Wood River Buttes W-10 FireAK12,765
Kuna Road FireID12,235
Milepost 40 FireCA12,183
Shaktolik FireAK11,910
Sprr Mainline #20 FireCA11,668
Woodchopper W-10 FireAK11,502
Bogus Escape FireCA10,738
Victoria Creek FireAK9,396
Grant Creek FireAK8,395
Tok-Kan SW5 FireAK8,375
Mora FireID8,335
Unnamed FireID8,084
Minchumina NE-15 FireAK7,870
Fiasco FireCA7,310
Sparrevohn #4 FireAK6,437
Peterson Estates #2 FireCA6,259
Nixon Fork FireAK5,972
Rock Chuck FireID5,960
Gleason FireCA5,949
Unnamed FireID5,677
German FireID5,658
Cormick FireAK5,404
Whirl Wind FireID5,322
Unnamed FireID5,303
Von Frank FireAK5,003
McMULLEN FireID4,779
Santa Susana Pass FireCA4,734
Nation River FireAK4,727
Unnamed FireID4,682
Wilcox FireCA4,472
Unnamed FireID4,286
Stone Canyon FireCA4,280
Indian Cove FireID3,928
Tolovana SW-20 FireAK3,891
Boulder Creek FireCA3,734
E.g. Williams FireCA3,723
Rattlesnake Creek FireID3,582
Chocolate FireCA3,549
Hare FireID3,089
Kuna Butte FireID3,089
Unnamed FireID3,017
F. Pleasant FireCA2,959
Stock Trail FireID2,952
Nikolai Slough-Bear Creek FireAK2,897
Beaver Mt #2 FireAK2,887
Morris FireCA2,789
Koktuli FireAK2,706
Cleft FireID2,691
Unnamed FireID2,658
Sunday Gulch #2 FireCA2,652
Lockwood Grade FireCA2,571
Unnamed FireID2,480
Crevice Creek FireAK2,478
Morse FireCA2,474
E. Ford R.i. Escape FireCA2,307
Webb FireCA2,304
Bethel 1/2S FireAK2,291
Unnamed FireID2,288
Fossil Ridge FireAK2,234
Unnamed FireID2,173
Arbuckle #2 FireCA2,139
Unnamed FireID2,122
El Casco FireCA2,031
Clover Road FireID2,014
Rocky Canyon FireID1,985
Pederson FireCA1,979
Unnamed FireID1,953
Unnamed FireCA1,892
Unnamed FireCA1,821
Willow Creek FireID1,815
Unnamed FireID1,812
Sand Springs FireID1,777
Unnamed FireID1,746
Unnamed FireCA1,732
Overpass FireID1,682
Wilson FireID1,674
Boundary Creek FireAK1,662
Unnamed FireID1,648
Birches SW-10 FireAK1,643
Verdemont FireCA1,629
Crooked Creek FireAK1,577
Charley Creek FireCA1,564
Railroad FireID1,564
Blair Lakes #2 FireAK1,452
Hat #1 FireCA1,451
Hagerman FireID1,445
Bear Gulch FireID1,416
Conejo Grade FireCA1,385
Unnamed FireCA1,325
Iditarod SW-8 FireAK1,256
Hold Over FireID1,212
C. Kast FireCA1,203
Holokuk #1 FireAK1,195
Horseshoe Bend FireID1,169
Bear Creek FireAK1,137
Don Pedero Bar FireCA1,116
Wells Creek FireCA1,082
"y" FireCA1,072
P. Mcauliffe FireCA1,058
Snowline FireCA1,021

Prescribed fires5

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

FireStateAcresStartCause
Fortier Prescribed FireCA2,334
Murray Bros Prescribed FireCA2,010
Mcmahon/Haigh Prescribed FireCA1,717
Piney Creek Prescribed FireCA1,694
Kates Burning Coop Prescribed FireCA1,289

By state

StateFires of 1,000+ acresTheir acres
Alaska624,861,239
Idaho42246,964
California38163,488
Nevada126,681

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Before 2014, back to 1850

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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

1870s 1878 1870

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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.