List of Colorado wildfires

List of the largest, most destructive, and deadliest Colorado wildfires that have occurred in modern history.

[1] During the severe 2002 Colorado wildfire season that burned nearly 360,000 acres, the Hayman Fire became the largest wildfire in Colorado state history and held that title for nearly 20 years[2][3] until the Pine Gulch Fire surpassed it in August 2020.

[4] The Cameron Peak Fire became the largest wildfire in Colorado history seven weeks later, and ended up burning a total of 208,913 acres.

With multiple record-breaking fires, the 2020 Colorado wildfire season became the largest in the state's history after burning 665,454 acres (269,300 ha).

[7] According to CSU, wildfires in Colorado burned less than 100,000 acres (40,469 ha) per decade over the 1960s and the 1970s.