85 HI wildfires on record

11,793 acres burned across 6 decades. Top 85 perimeters listed below by acres.

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Perimeters

all years

Acres burned

11,793

cumulative

Decades

at least 1 perimeter

Largest fire

4,943

LUHI FIRE

01 Decade by decade

HI wildfire history, by decade

Decade	Fires	Acres
2020s	15	143
2010s	5	120
2000s	13	8,378
1990s	29	1,749
1980s	19	1,347
1970s	4	56

02 The fires

Top 85 largest HI fires

Sorted by acres burned. Click any name for the perimeter shape.

#	Name	Year	Agency	Acres
1	LUHI FIRE	2003	NPS	4,943
2	PANAU IKI	2003	NPS	2,119
3	BROOMSEDGE	2000	NPS	1,007
4	PALIULI	1986	NPS	875
5	LAEAPUKI	1992	NPS	870
6	HANA HOU	1996	NPS	451
7	PUU LOA	1993	NPS	232
8	ACCESS	1989	NPS	228
9	KAPA'AHU	1987	NPS	227
10	MAU LOA	2002	NPS	189
11	Kamoamoa Fire	2011	NPS	107
12	KALUA	1998	NPS	94
13	MAKAOPUHI	2024	NPS	80
14	LAMA	1990	NPS	75
15	AHI LELE	2003	NPS	65
16	AINAHOU	1979	NPS	54
17	AKA	2002	NPS	47
18	RIFT	2024	NPS	38
19	KALAUPAPA	2020	NPS	20
20	HAIRPIN	1993	NPS	12
21	Gulch	2018	NPS	11
22	MERRIEMONC	1985	NPS	6
23	KIKO	2002	NPS	5
24	NAMAKANI PAIO	2020	NPS	2
25	WAIAWA	2024	FWS	1
26	A Pond	2021	FWS	1
27	PALI FIRE	2022	NPS	1
28	MALIE	1997	NPS	1
29	AHI POHAKU	1995	NPS	1
30	MALLOW	1996	NPS	1
31	AKAU	2002	NPS	1
32	NAPAU MAKA	1997	NPS	1
33	AINAHOU	1986	NPS	1
34	HONEY BEE	1991	NPS	1
35	KEALAKOMO	1980	NPS	1
36	KEAUHOU	1985	NPS	1
37	HALAPE	1979	NPS	1
38	NENE	1988	NPS	1
39	PHEASANT	1999	NPS	1
40	DEVASTATIO	1979	NPS	1
41	BOY SCOUT	1982	NPS	1
42	ESCAPE RD	1980	NPS	1
43	KILAUEA IK	1980	NPS	1
44	PUU PUAI	1983	NPS	1
45	KMC FIRE	1986	NPS	1
46	KILAUEA IK	1979	NPS	1
47	KILAUCA	1983	NPS	1
48	MAWAE	1999	NPS	1
49	LUA MANU 2	2001	NPS	1
50	TAMAR	1987	NPS	1
51	STEAM VENT	1986	NPS	1
52	STEAM FLTS	1980	NPS	1
53	CRISTINA	1992	NPS	1
54	SMOKE	1993	NPS	1
55	PRESIDENTS	1992	NPS	1
56	STORM	1993	NPS	1
57	MENTAL	1993	NPS	1
58	KEALAKOMO	1994	NPS	1
59	MALUHIA	1995	NPS	1
60	STRIPPER	2000	NPS	1
61	LUCKYEDDIE	1985	NPS	1
62	KULA	1997	NPS	1
63	MAKANANI	1996	NPS	1
64	HEMO	1997	NPS	1
65	SANDY	1996	NPS	1
66	MAUNA LOA	1980	NPS	1
67	MAKAALA	1993	NPS	1
68	HIPPY	2001	NPS	1
69	CAMPER1	1999	NPS	1
70	NEW YEARS	2002	NPS	1
71	BONEHEAD	1994	NPS	1
72	BETHS 1ST	1994	NPS	1
73	Wagner	2015	FWS	1
74	BIRTHDAY	1993	NPS	0
75	Keauhou Fire	2011	NPS	0
76	Coconut	2009	NPS	0
77	Shorebird House 1	2021	FWS	0
78	PALI	2010	NPS	0
79	KAHILI 2024a FIRE	2024	FWS	0
80	SHOREBIRD HOUSE 3	2021	FWS	0
81	Shorebird House 3	2021	FWS	0
82	HONOULIULI PLATFORM 2	2024	FWS	0
83	SHOREBIRD HOUSE 2	2021	FWS	0
84	Shorebird House 2	2021	FWS	0
85	BOX ON FIRE	2021	NPS	0