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
Andrew2,693 ac
2004 · perimeter dated August 31, 2004
Cole Complex1,990 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 31, 2004
Troy Canyon (Usfs 7)1,975 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 31, 2004
Fws51,627 ac
2004 · perimeter dated August 10, 2004
Big Horn1,471 ac
2004 · perimeter dated August 28, 2004
Sampson Cr1,190 ac
2004 · perimeter dated September 27, 2004
Verdi1,080 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 31, 2004
Fws11,058 ac
2004 · perimeter dated July 5, 2004
Riggs1,048 ac
2004 · perimeter dated August 18, 2004
Goshutepk2,574 ac
2003 · perimeter dated July 27, 2003
Robb2,197 ac
2003 · perimeter dated December 31, 2003
Sagehen1,174 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Sagehen1,173 ac
2003 · perimeter dated June 24, 2003
Cannon25,114 ac
2002 · perimeter dated July 19, 2002
Mud Spring10,148 ac
2002 · perimeter dated July 14, 2002
Eagle8,090 ac
2002 · perimeter dated July 22, 2002
Lost Cabin (Usfs 17)4,948 ac
2002 · perimeter dated July 27, 2002
Ellsworth4,339 ac
2002 · perimeter dated July 17, 2002
Pony Exp21,816 ac
2002 · perimeter dated July 22, 2002
Sheep83,673 ac
2001 · perimeter dated August 19, 2001
Spaulding75,137 ac
2001 · perimeter dated August 20, 2001
Fish21,478 ac
2001 · perimeter dated August 23, 2001
Ranch18,963 ac
2001 · perimeter dated August 14, 2001
Martis14,429 ac
2001 · perimeter dated July 31, 2001
Butte5,821 ac
2001 · perimeter dated August 19, 2001
Ibapah2,274 ac
2001 · perimeter dated July 28, 2001
Schofield1,050 ac
2001 · perimeter dated December 31, 2001
Double H70,990 ac
2000 · perimeter dated July 20, 2000
Countyzone64,727 ac
2000 · perimeter dated September 1, 2000
Twin Peaks47,774 ac
2000 · perimeter dated August 23, 2000
Coyote15,737 ac
2000 · perimeter dated August 3, 2000
Berndt2,949 ac
2000 · perimeter dated July 23, 2000
Phillips Ranch2,533 ac
2000 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Buck Spring2,287 ac
2000 · perimeter dated December 31, 2000
Seneca Fire1,109 ac
2000 · perimeter dated December 31, 2000
Poker Brow232,123 ac
1999 · perimeter dated August 20, 1999
Sadler199,181 ac
1999 · perimeter dated August 11, 1999
Antelope 2140,278 ac
1999 · perimeter dated August 11, 1999
Fish 247,663 ac
1999 · perimeter dated August 31, 1999
Delamar22,592 ac
1999 · perimeter dated July 20, 1999
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.