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NY fire history

395 NY wildfires on record

1,423 acres burned across 6 decades. Top 200 perimeters listed below by acres.

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Perimeters
395
all years
Acres burned
1,423
cumulative
Decades
6
at least 1 perimeter
Largest fire
144
Great Kills Blowup
01 Decade by decade

NY wildfire history, by decade

DecadeFiresAcres
2020s 7 109
2010s 38 441
2000s 71 424
1990s 78 423
1980s 4 11
1970s 2 1
02 The fires

Top 200 largest NY fires

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Great Kills Blowup 2010 NPS 144
2 GK3 1996 NPS 98
3 NYIRR-FY19-RX-J Units 2019 FWS 82
4 GK06-01 2006 NPS 60
5 DRIFTFENCE 2001 NPS 58
6 north40 1997 NPS 51
7 HugeFire 1994 NPS 46
8 GOLF 2006 NPS 45
9 GRKILLS002 1999 NPS 42
10 Spring Creek 1 2014 NPS 40
11 Dead Horse Bay 2 2016 NPS 37
12 CREEK 1 2020 NPS 36
13 Stop 9/10 2021 NPS 33
14 SPRING-1 2006 NPS 31
15 JBU08 2004 NPS 28
16 Buffalo Street 2008 NPS 28
17 Buffalo 2010 NPS 28
18 CURVY FIRE 2002 NPS 24
19 LATEFALL 1998 NPS 24
20 Spring 1994 NPS 22
21 GKP1 1995 NPS 20
22 Spring Creek 1 2021 NPS 20
23 Stop 3 2021 NPS 19
24 HOT AGAIN 1996 NPS 19
25 Screek2 2010 NPS 17
26 83rd Street 2010 NPS 16
27 SPRING06 1999 NPS 16
28 Creek Road #3 2010 NPS 16
29 JBU12 2007 NPS 16
30 SCREEK20 2000 NPS 14
31 West 2008 NPS 14
32 COVE 2001 NPS 14
33 JBSP2 2005 NPS 11
34 GRKILL0403 2004 NPS 10
35 CAMPGROUND 1981 NPS 9
36 Screek3 2010 NPS 9
37 SpringCreek 2008 NPS 9
38 NEMO 1991 NPS 8
39 Runway 1-2 2013 NPS 8
40 Spring Creek 1 2019 NPS 7
41 Kills MUP 2010 NPS 6
42 Creek 4 2012 NPS 6
43 Spring Creek 2 2016 NPS 5
44 SPRINGC 03 2002 NPS 5
45 SPCREEK002 1997 NPS 5
46 EASTPOND1 2000 NPS 5
47 Spring8 2009 NPS 5
48 BRIDGE UP 1993 NPS 5
49 BARD ROCK 2013 NPS 4
50 SPCREEK012 1997 NPS 4
51 BARREN 2 1993 NPS 4
52 85th Street 2010 NPS 4
53 SPCREEK010 1997 NPS 4
54 SPRINGC 05 2002 NPS 3
55 TOMATOE 1991 NPS 3
56 PLUMB2 1995 NPS 3
57 Spring7 2009 NPS 3
58 FOUNTAVE 1999 NPS 3
59 SCREEK9 2000 NPS 3
60 SPRING23 1999 NPS 3
61 SCREEK22 2000 NPS 3
62 N40 2006 NPS 2
63 FOUNTAIN3 1997 NPS 2
64 GERRITSEN2 1995 NPS 2
65 RUFFLE 1998 NPS 2
66 GRKILL0402 2004 NPS 2
67 JBWR2 1995 NPS 2
68 SC10 1995 NPS 2
69 SC12 1995 NPS 2
70 Kills Field #1 2010 NPS 2
71 CORNER 2001 NPS 2
72 CATERPILLA 2001 NPS 2
73 JBU13 2004 NPS 2
74 Nordtrail 2008 NPS 2
75 Screek1 2010 NPS 2
76 Spring9 2009 NPS 2
77 CREEK2 1998 NPS 1
78 Spring Creek 4 2013 NPS 1
79 SCREEK17 2000 NPS 1
80 Screek4 2010 NPS 1
81 JBU07 2004 NPS 1
82 JBU05 2004 NPS 1
83 MILLER1 1995 NPS 1
84 Creek 12 2012 NPS 1
85 SPRCreek001 2003 NPS 1
86 BOSTON 1993 NPS 1
87 BARREN2 1995 NPS 1
88 REFUGE 1995 NPS 1
89 SLATE 1993 NPS 1
90 THETIP 1995 NPS 1
91 BP2 1996 NPS 1
92 RAPTOR01 1999 NPS 1
93 BCKEYS 2001 NPS 1
94 GERRITSEN4 1995 NPS 1
95 JBUSPRING6 2006 NPS 1
96 GKP5 1995 NPS 1
97 PLUM ISLAN 1977 NPS 1
98 SPRING15 1999 NPS 1
99 SPRING26 1999 NPS 1
100 HOOK TIP 1981 NPS 1
101 BAYSIDE 2001 NPS 1
102 SCREEK2 2000 NPS 1
103 JBU4 2007 NPS 1
104 CREEK013 1998 NPS 1
105 SPRINGC02 2002 NPS 1
106 Fire Break 1994 NPS 1
107 Crooks Point Fire 2023 NPS 1
108 JBSP5 2005 NPS 1
109 Newport Walk 2014 NPS 1
110 CREEK1 1998 NPS 1
111 SPRING05 1999 NPS 1
112 RAPTORPT 2001 NPS 1
113 GARDEN2 1993 NPS 1
114 SPRING01 1999 NPS 1
115 SPRING CREEK 1 2018 NPS 1
116 N40 2001 NPS 1
117 SCREEK4 2000 NPS 1
118 GERRITSON 1993 NPS 1
119 Marina 2005 NPS 1
120 Coconut 2010 NPS 1
121 JBSP3 2005 NPS 1
122 RADAR 1985 NPS 1
123 Kills Field #3 2010 NPS 1
124 Spring 1 2011 NPS 1
125 GERRITSEN 1995 NPS 1
126 SPRING21 1999 NPS 1
127 GKP3 1995 NPS 1
128 MILLER3 1995 NPS 0
129 GKP4 1995 NPS 0
130 CREEK021 1998 NPS 0
131 MILLER 1996 NPS 0
132 KRAUSE 2001 NPS 0
133 GERRITSON2 1993 NPS 0
134 SC2 1995 NPS 0
135 Creek Road Fire #5 2010 NPS 0
136 JBUSpring09 2006 NPS 0
137 JBU1 2007 NPS 0
138 JBSP1 2005 NPS 0
139 SPRING19 1999 NPS 0
140 GK0810BallField 2008 NPS 0
141 SCREEK6 2000 NPS 0
142 MARQUEZ 2001 NPS 0
143 JBUSPRING4 2006 NPS 0
144 SPRINGC06 2002 NPS 0
145 JBUSPRING8 2006 NPS 0
146 SPRING22 1999 NPS 0
147 BARREN1 1993 NPS 0
148 SPRING33 1999 NPS 0
149 GK09Bulkhead/LotA 2008 NPS 0
150 OUTBACK 1985 NPS 0
151 SPCREEK006 1997 NPS 0
152 Great Kills Park 2016 NPS 0
153 Creek Road #7 2010 NPS 0
154 GKP RUNNING TRACK 2012 NPS 0
155 CREEK022 1998 NPS 0
156 JBU7 2007 NPS 0
157 Spring4 2009 NPS 0
158 GRKILLS004 1999 NPS 0
159 MAINLOT 1995 NPS 0
160 PIERROCK 1997 NPS 0
161 Dead Horse Bay 2016 NPS 0
162 Clueless 2008 NPS 0
163 PLUMBEACH4 1997 NPS 0
164 PENN02 1999 NPS 0
165 Bay 17 2011 NPS 0
166 West Hamilton Beach 2012 NPS 0
167 Neponsit 1 2015 NPS 0
168 MillerField02 2004 NPS 0
169 JBU11 2004 NPS 0
170 PLUMB3 1993 NPS 0
171 SCREEK3 2000 NPS 0
172 SANDPATCH2 2001 NPS 0
173 SPRING08 1999 NPS 0
174 Grayson 2010 NPS 0
175 92nd Street 2010 NPS 0
176 SCREEK5 2000 NPS 0
177 FLAG FIRE 1979 NPS 0
178 Range Road 2023 NPS 0
179 Great Kills 1 2013 NPS 0
180 HAMBEACH 1998 NPS 0
181 CANARSIE02 1999 NPS 0
182 TAFT 1993 NPS 0
183 GKP Ballfield Parkin 2010 NPS 0
184 WADSWORTH 1996 NPS 0
185 SCREEK13 2000 NPS 0
186 WADSWORTH 1999 NPS 0
187 Spring1 2009 NPS 0
188 BIGEGG1 1997 NPS 0
189 CREEK6 1998 NPS 0
190 RIDDLE 1993 NPS 0
191 PLUMB03 2001 NPS 0
192 Reserve 2003 NPS 0
193 BIGJOHN1 1997 NPS 0
194 SPRING30 1999 NPS 0
195 Hamilton 2 2008 NPS 0
196 Spring2 1994 NPS 0
197 T4LOT 2001 NPS 0
198 BACKFORT 2002 NPS 0
199 Bergen 2024 NPS 0
200 Hamilton 1 2008 NPS 0