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
'80
'90
'00
'10
Largest in Nevada
All mapped large fires
Trident5,507 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 27, 2006
Springer5,369 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 24, 2006
Texas4,771 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 5, 2006
Hall4,673 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 29, 2006
Virginia4,602 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 4, 2006
Smelser Pass4,511 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 23, 2006
Taylor4,452 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 3, 2006
Marble4,243 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 27, 2006
Columbus4,046 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 24, 2006
Rocky4,031 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 12, 2006
Alamo3,857 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 22, 2006
Sawtooth3,674 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 13, 2006
4 Wheeler3,456 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 9, 2006
3053,312 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 24, 2006
New York Peak3,277 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 26, 2006
Dusky3,043 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 22, 2006
Frenchie3,020 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 8, 2006
Bell Canyon2,859 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 22, 2006
Sugarloaf 12,823 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 16, 2006
Kicksmiller2,780 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 30, 2006
Empire2,762 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 27, 2006
Moon Valley Ii2,757 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 28, 2006
Lusetti2,734 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 31, 2006
Oreana2,648 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 18, 2006
Sugarloaf 22,564 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 17, 2006
Silver Lake2,540 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 4, 2006
Barth 12,213 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 22, 2006
Cttonwood Basin2,150 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 29, 2006
Covert2,148 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 29, 2006
Eden2,129 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 13, 2006
Squaw2,093 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 27, 2006
Pequop1,978 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 9, 2006
Izzenhood Flats1,967 ac
2006 · perimeter dated December 31, 2006
Balls Canyon1,840 ac
2006 · perimeter dated December 31, 2006
Mustang1,771 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 27, 2006
Silver Creek1,743 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 10, 2006
Six Mile 21,733 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 28, 2006
Horse Creek Ranch1,523 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 29, 2006
Mcconnell1,438 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Nine Mile1,436 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 26, 2006
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.