Three large fires burned in central Idaho in August.
Published Aug 16, 2012
Only 10 percent contained, Arizona’s Wallow Fire became the largest fire in the state history on June 13 when this image was taken.
Published Jun 14, 2011
The Whitewater-Baldy wildfire is the largest on record in New Mexico.
Published May 30, 2012
A wildfire in Fresno County, California has burned more than 28,000 acres.
Published Jul 20, 2020
Arizona’s Horseshoe Two Fire burns along two fronts in this image from June 14, 2011.
Published Jun 15, 2011
By early September 2020, more than a quarter million acres had burned within the August Complex fire in Mendocino National Forest.
Published Sep 3, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
The blaze is the largest in Arizona this year and the largest in the United States right now.
Published Jun 16, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
The 2012 wildfire season has proven to be one of the most aggressive in the last decade.
Published Aug 24, 2012
In early September 2015, the Rough Fire was the largest active wildfire in California.
Published Sep 8, 2015
Astronauts captured this view of smoke billowing from the Fontenelle Fire in Wyoming three days after it began.
Published Jul 6, 2012
New Mexico’s largest fire has grown in fits and starts.
Published Jun 4, 2012
Little heat remained, but the California fire left behind a burn scar spanning almost 50 square miles.
Published Jul 7, 2015
At 369 square miles in size, the Rim Fire is the largest in the United States in 2013.
Published Sep 4, 2013
The Cameron Peak and August Complex fires have punctuated a year of natural drama in the American West.
Published Oct 21, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
One of a number of large wildfires that have affected northern California in 2012, the Chips fire burned more than 75,000 acres by the time firefighters had contained it.
Published Sep 5, 2012
Taken an hour and a half after the Las Conchas Fire started in the mountains southwest of Los Alamos, New Mexico, on June 26, this image shows the large wildfire well underway.
Published Jun 27, 2011
