Prescribed
Fire|  Historical Wildland
Fire  |  Wildland FireThis is a list of some of the most
serious wildland fires in U.S. history.  Some were significant because
of their size, others because of the value of the resources lost.  Some
small, but very intense, fires were important because of the loss of lives and
property.  There have been larger fires than some of those included on this
list, but few or none with greater impact on lives and resources.Historically 
              Significant Wildland Fires
              Date
                Name
                Location
                Acres
                Significance
            October 
                  1825
                Miramichi and Maine Fires
                New 
                  Brunswick and Maine
                3,000,000
              Large Amount of 
                  Acreage BurnedOctober 
                  1871
                Peshtigo
                Wisconsin 
                  and Michigan
                3,780,000
                1,500 Lives Lost 
                    in WisconsinSeptember 
                  1881
                Michigan
                Michigan
                1,000,000
                169 
                  Lives LostSeptember 
                  1894
                Hinckley
                Minnesota
                Undetermined
                418 
                  Lives LostSeptember 
                  1894
                Wisconsin
                Wisconsin
                Several 
                  Million
                Undetermined, 
                  Some Lives LostSeptember 
                  1902
                Yacoult
                Washington 
                  and Oregon
                1,000,000 
                  +
                38 
                  Lives LostApril 
                  1903
                Adirondack
                New 
                  York
                637,000
                Large 
                  Amount of Acreage BurnedAugust 
                  1910
                Great Idaho
                Idaho 
                  and Montana
                3,000,000
                85 
                  Lives LostOctober 
                  1918
                Cloquet-Moose 
                  Lake
                Minnesota
                250,000
                450 
                  Lives LostAugust 
                  1933
                Tillamook
                Oregon
                311,000
                1 
                  Life Lost, Same area burned again in 1939October 
                  1947
                Maine
                Maine
                205,678
                16 
                  Lives Lost1949
                Mann 
                  Gulch
                Montana
                4,339
                13 
                  Smokejumpers Killed1967
                Sundance
                Idaho
                56,000
                Burned 
                  50,000 acres in just nine hoursSeptember 
                  1970
                Laguna
                California
                175,425
                382 
                  Structures DestroyedJuly 
                  1977
                Sycamore
                California
                805
                234 
                  Structures DestroyedNovember 
                  1980
                Panorama
                California
                23,600
                325 
                  Structures Destroyed1987
                Siege 
                  of 87'
                California
                640,000
                Valuable 
                  timber lost on the Klamath and Stanislaus National Forests1988
                Yellowstone
                Montana 
                  and Idaho
                1,585,000
                Large Amount of 
                    Acreage Burned1988
                Canyon 
                  Creek
                Montana
                250,000
                Large Amount of 
                    Acreage BurnedJune 
                  1990
                Painted 
                  Cave
                California
                4,900
                641 
                  Structures DestroyedJune 
                  1990
                Dude 
                  Fire
                Arizona
                24,174
                6 
                  Lives Lost
                  63 homes destroyedOctober 
                  1991
                Oakland 
                  Hills
                California
                1,500
                25 
                  Lives Lost and 2,900 Structures DestroyedAugust 
                  1992
                Foothills Fire
                Idaho
                257,000
                1 
                  Life LostJuly 
                  1994
                South 
                  Canyon Fire
                Colorado
                1,856
                14 
                  Lives LostJuly 
                  1994
                Idaho City Complex
                Idaho
                154,000
                1 
                  Life LostAugust 
                  1996
                Cox Wells
                Idaho
                219,000
                Largest Fire of 
                    the YearJune 
                  1996
                Millers 
                  Reach
                Alaska
                37,336
                344 
                  Structures DestroyedJuly 
                  1997
                Inowak
                Alaska
                610,000
                Threatened 
                  3 Villages1998
                Volusia 
                  Complex
                Florida
                111,130
                Thousands of people 
                    evacuated from several counties1998
                Flagler/St. 
                  John
                Florida
                94,656
                Forced 
                  the evacuation of thousands of residentsAugust 
                  1999
                Dunn 
                  Glen Complex
                Nevada
                288,220
                Largest 
                  Fire of the YearAugust 
                  - November 1999
                Big 
                  Bar Complex
                California
                140,947
                Series 
                  of fires caused several evacuations during a 3 1/2 month period
            September 
                  - November 1999
                Kirk 
                  Complex
                California
                86,700
              Hundreds of 
                  people were evacuated by this complex of fires that burned for 
                  almost 3 monthsMay 
                  2000
                Cerro 
                  Grande
                New 
                  Mexico
                47,650
                Originally 
                  a prescribed fire, 235 structures destroyed and 
                  Los Alamos National Laboratory damaged