Wildfires

Wildfires of 1958

The Interagency Fire Perimeter History holds 415 mapped wildfires from 1958, covering 841,589 acres. 107 fires reached 1,000 acres or more in at least one record; the largest was the Unnamed Fire in Idaho, at 70,111 acres. For 1958 the record is what forests, parks and agencies mapped and kept, not every fire that burned.

Fires of 1,000 acres or more
107
Perimeters on file
415

1957 1959

Map

Every fire of 1958 with a page here, sized by the acres burned. Select one for its perimeter and record.

Largest fires107

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 FireID70,111
Steward FireCA68,106
Chena Dome S-3 FireAK58,294
Far Mountain FireAK41,711
Healy FireAK39,261
Small Lake S-16 FireAK30,723
Minchumina NW-25 FireAK26,103
Kandik FireAK25,262
Fairbanks Creek NE-7 FireAK23,208
Murphy Dome W-5 FireAK22,066
Unnamed FireCA18,120
Power Line FireID17,792
Dry Creek FireAK17,647
Calumet Canyon FireCA17,214
Unnamed FireCA13,944
Unnamed FireCA11,775
Unnamed FireID10,938
Cinder Cone FireID10,155
Unnamed FireID9,494
Nenana W-30 FireAK8,774
North Pole FireAK8,418
Gypsum FireID7,913
Kuna Road FireID7,607
Squaw Creek FireID7,363
Tuana Springs FireID6,401
Copper Canyon FireAK5,398
Reverse #1 FireID5,377
Blue Mt. Escape FireCA5,365
Globe Creek NW-5 FireAK5,219
Canoga FireCA5,116
Livengood SW-10 FireAK4,890
Hiway 4 #5 FireCA4,747
Badger FireID4,716
Kern Canyon FireCA4,315
North Boulder Flat FireID4,243
Unnamed FireCA4,240
Pearson Peak #2 FireCA4,174
Unnamed FireCA4,168
Unnamed FireID4,123
Unnamed FireID3,983
Pole Line FireCA3,960
Grofesma FireID3,868
Curlew FireID3,243
Unnamed FireID3,055
Goldstream #1 FireAK2,966
Buck Brush FireID2,959
Telida Lake FireAK2,922
Fairplay W-5 FireAK2,913
Nenana W-20 FireAK2,830
Santa Fe #13 FireCA2,809
North Crater Station FireID2,762
Unnamed FireID2,745
Morey FireCA2,662
Little FireID2,519
Butte FireID2,412
Kelly FireCA2,380
Snowstorm FireCA2,282
Unnamed FireID2,162
Sheep Creek FireID2,048
Unnamed FireID2,029
Bone Creek FireAK2,017
Mehrten FireCA2,016
Unnamed FireID1,982
Whitlow FireCA1,940
Unnamed FireWA1,931
Ditto Creek FireID1,811
Unnamed FireID1,729
Pala FireCA1,682
Unnamed FireID1,669
Unnamed FireID1,660
Unnamed FireID1,630
Unnamed FireID1,614
Mendes FireCA1,588
Dolores Fearrien #2 FireCA1,470
Black Canyon FireID1,420
Telsitna River FireAK1,387
Unnamed FireID1,382
Blue Mtn Escape FireCA1,366
Unnamed FireCO1,346
Grassy Hill FireID1,301
Unnamed FireID1,286
Black Mountain FireCA1,277
Parker Cr FireCA1,272
Sucker Creek FireID1,252
Tiscornia Escape FireCA1,246
Miller FireCA1,245
Brea Canyon FireCA1,244
Tolvana SE-5 FireAK1,243
A.e.c. #2 FireCA1,223
Kreyenhagen #2 FireCA1,223
Unnamed FireID1,222
Valley View #2 FireCA1,206
Jenson FireID1,195
Roadside #36 US 101 FireCA1,178
Unnamed FireCA1,171
Unnamed FireID1,169
Railroad FireID1,165
Yeager FireCA1,145
Santa Rosa FireCA1,138
Unnamed FireID1,130
Box Springs FireID1,130
Bissell FireID1,057
Unnamed FireID1,049
Dan Hunter FireCA1,042
Parker FireCA1,025
Unnamed FireID1,004
Unnamed FireID1,000

Prescribed fires7

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

FireStateAcresStartCause
Guisto #5 Prescribed FireCA3,512
Haigh Prescribed FireCA2,355
Revis Prescribed FireCA2,204
Haigh-Turpin Prescribed FireCA2,196
Haigh Coop Prescribed FireCA1,715
Mcdougal Prescribed FireCA1,268
Preuschoff Prescribed FireCA1,168

By state

StateFires of 1,000+ acresTheir acres
Alaska21333,252
Idaho47229,873
California37202,071
Washington11,931
Colorado11,346

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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

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1890s 1899 1898 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890

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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.