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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

Holloway · 2012460,843 acMartin · 2018431,754 acDuzak · 2005331,996 acWinters · 2006238,463 acSouth Sugarloaf · 2018233,462 acPoker Brow · 1999232,123 acRoosters Comb · 2017204,879 acSadler · 1999199,181 acWest Fork · 2007161,935 acWest Fork · 2007154,974 ac

All mapped large fires

Bloody Runs1,409 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 19, 2006
Gubler1,388 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 22, 2006
Porter1,253 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 24, 2006
Mm 1681,225 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 30, 2006
Well1,203 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 6, 2006
Peers1,194 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 1, 2006
Red House1,155 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 6, 2006
Troy Peak (Usfs 12)1,102 ac
2006 · perimeter dated December 31, 2006
Bird1,076 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 22, 2006
Hiko1,055 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 3, 2006
Rodear1,011 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 18, 2006
Adaven1,000 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 22, 2006
Duzak331,996 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 5, 2005
Meadow Val146,038 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 1, 2005
Delamar143,636 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 5, 2005
Esmeralda96,987 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 21, 2005
Fork81,699 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 8, 2005
Fork Fire81,639 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Wilson35,749 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 21, 2005
Goodspring33,569 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 6, 2005
Chance23,749 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 1, 2005
Rawhide13,453 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 21, 2005
North Road12,855 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 4, 2005
Sherman7,461 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 26, 2005
Ian5,439 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 5, 2005
North Valley5,158 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 20, 2005
Southern Nevada Complex (Wamp)4,813 ac
2005 · perimeter dated December 31, 2005
Carlin4,803 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 21, 2005
Petan4,027 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 21, 2005
Dunphy3,823 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 6, 2005
Crispix3,255 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 27, 2005
Omega2,474 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 23, 2005
Oyster1,711 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 30, 2005
Contact1,662 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 19, 2005
Hastings1,180 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Buckskin1,149 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 31, 2005
Gates Complex8,906 ac
2004 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Waterfall8,765 ac
2004 · perimeter dated July 27, 2004
Nickel8,417 ac
2004 · perimeter dated June 23, 2004
Chrome5,164 ac
2004 · perimeter dated July 14, 2004

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.