Nevada Large Wildfire History
Since 1980, 572 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Nevada, 20 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 460,843 ac; together they cover about 9,566,475 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in Nevada
All mapped large fires
Corta16,533 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 9, 2019
Goose6,843 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 14, 2019
Summit6,442 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 24, 2019
Buffalo6,409 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 9, 2019
Shafter6,166 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 9, 2019
Bonelli Peak4,459 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 29, 2019
Cherry3,494 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 16, 2019
Gregerson3,333 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 30, 2019
Midas1,668 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 24, 2019
Lone1,652 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 10, 2019
Sheep Canyon1,633 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 24, 2019
Hunter1,495 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 17, 2019
Kelly1,493 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 18, 2019
Horse1,479 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 23, 2019
Rebel Creek1,399 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 23, 2019
Union1,244 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 26, 2019
Wood Canyon1,211 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 20, 2019
Jasper1,165 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 18, 2019
Buffalo Valley1,104 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 24, 2019
Martin431,754 ac
2018 · perimeter dated March 27, 2019
South Sugarloaf233,462 ac
2018 · perimeter dated March 27, 2019
Goose Creek132,220 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 26, 2018
Sheep Creek59,742 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 26, 2018
Perry51,386 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 8, 2018
Goshute Cave31,017 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 18, 2018
County Line12,978 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 30, 2018
Hogan10,903 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 20, 2018
Gregg10,221 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 30, 2018
Range Two9,209 ac
2018 · perimeter dated November 29, 2018
Boot6,974 ac
2018 · perimeter dated March 27, 2019
Echo6,092 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 15, 2018
Gance5,474 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 26, 2018
Owyhee5,083 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 9, 2018
Hd5,040 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 8, 2018
Stag4,356 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 20, 2018
Silver State3,814 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 20, 2018
Kumiva3,758 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 24, 2018
Chaves3,438 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 7, 2018
Boone Springs3,074 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 12, 2018
Crum2,878 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 24, 2018
Source: National Interagency Fire Center, Interagency Fire Perimeter History. Only fires with a mapped perimeter of 1,000 acres or more appear; the state is inferred from the responsible unit code. A record of past fires is not a forecast. See About the Data.