Wildfires

Wildfires of 1960

The Interagency Fire Perimeter History holds 438 mapped wildfires from 1960, covering 697,076 acres. 88 fires reached 1,000 acres or more in at least one record; the largest was the Weferling Fire in California, at 51,451 acres. For 1960 the record is what forests, parks and agencies mapped and kept, not every fire that burned.

Fires of 1,000 acres or more
88
Perimeters on file
438

1959 1961

Map

Every fire of 1960 with a page here, sized by the acres burned. Select one for its perimeter and record.

Largest fires88

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
Weferling FireCA51,451
Donner Ridge FireCA43,374
Volcano FireCA42,596
Granite Mtn FireAK41,542
Unnamed FireCA28,393
Johnstone FireID24,910
Unnamed FireCA22,736
Grassy Hills FireID17,519
Unnamed FireID16,730
Anthony Creek FireOR15,023
Unnamed FireCA15,014
Unnamed FireCA13,638
Unnamed FireID12,914
Eckels Creek FireID11,871
Unnamed FireCA11,213
Unnamed FireCA11,190
Wildcat Canyon FireSD10,454
Upper Canyon Creek FireID10,338
Cummings Creek FireOR9,831
Dry Creek FireID9,705
Saddle Mt FireAZ9,697
Baxter Basin FireOR9,129
Saddle FireAZ8,579
Horseshoe Bend FireID8,431
Outside Origin #1 FireCA7,338
Thorn Creek FireID7,069
Green Canyon FireSD6,389
Ft Yukon FireAK6,388
Unnamed FireID6,123
Unnamed FireID6,044
North San Juan FireCA5,840
Tunnel Rac FireCA5,795
Beatty Escape FireCA5,720
Unnamed FireCA5,277
Unnamed FireCA4,918
Unnamed FireCA4,774
Crooked Creek FireOR4,596
Telcher Creek FireID4,561
Unnamed FireCA4,502
Carmichael #2 FireCA4,366
Fish Pond FireID4,208
Meyer FireCA3,801
C. Fosberg #2 FireCA3,797
Unnamed FireCA3,720
Cold Springs FireID3,689
Lower Canyon Creek FireID3,343
Spring Creek FireOR3,009
Ridge FireAZ2,941
Ion FireID2,867
Trask FireAZ2,812
Christmas Mtn FireAK2,530
Unnamed FireID2,494
Unnamed FireCA2,423
Unnamed FireCA2,375
Napa Soda Springs FireCA2,245
Emmett Dump FireID2,192
P. & B. Scribner #2 FireCA2,162
Flora FireCA2,116
Reservoir FireID1,982
Gavilan Peak FireCA1,905
Unnamed FireID1,880
Las Lomas FireCA1,828
Box FireAZ1,789
Mckinley FireCA1,781
East Bombing Range FireID1,712
Crater Mountain FireCA1,580
Unnamed FireCA1,575
Ten Mile FireID1,542
Pleasant FireCA1,532
Unnamed FireCA1,526
Tim Carlon FireCA1,471
Rock Creek FireID1,443
Chalk Mountain FireCA1,441
Cold Spring FireID1,411
Bear Springs FireCA1,324
Unnamed FireCA1,312
Roadside #2 FireCA1,308
Unnamed FireID1,290
Emigrant FireAZ1,266
Jordan Creek FireOR1,224
Unnamed FireCA1,200
Bedford #1 FireCA1,142
Unnamed FireID1,095
Shoestring FireOR1,085
WaterFall FireID1,081
Halfmoon FireAZ1,031
Cosnino FireAZ1,018
Unnamed FireID1,012

Prescribed fires7

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

FireStateAcresStartCause
Hunter Valley #2 Prescribed FireCA8,330
Zuber #2 Prescribed FireCA5,324
Sturtevant Coop Prescribed FireCA2,143
Murray Bros Prescribed FireCA2,010
Grub Gulch Prescribed FireCA1,820
Wolfsen #5 Prescribed FireCA1,518
Long #7 Prescribed FireCA1,022

By state

StateFires of 1,000+ acresTheir acres
California40331,698
Idaho28169,454
Alaska350,459
Oregon743,897
Arizona829,131
South Dakota216,843

By year

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Before 2014, back to 1850

2010s 2013 2012 2011 2010

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.