Nevada Large Wildfire History

Name: Nevada — large wildfire history (1,000+ acres)
Creator: National Interagency Fire Center
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

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

Holloway · 2012460,843 ac Martin · 2018431,754 ac Duzak · 2005331,996 ac Winters · 2006238,463 ac South Sugarloaf · 2018233,462 ac Poker Brow · 1999232,123 ac Roosters Comb · 2017204,879 ac Sadler · 1999199,181 ac West Fork · 2007161,935 ac West Fork · 2007154,974 ac

All mapped large fires

Fire Creek3,955 ac

1984 · perimeter dated June 27, 1984

Sparks25,542 ac

1983 · perimeter dated August 2, 1983

Beowowe9,722 ac

1983 · perimeter dated July 15, 1983

Cherry Cr1,032 ac

1983 · perimeter dated July 20, 1983

Unknown2,567 ac

1982 · perimeter dated December 31, 1982

Tuscarora1,036 ac

1982 · perimeter dated August 26, 1982

Unknown5,955 ac

1981 · perimeter dated December 31, 1981

Unknown5,142 ac

1981 · perimeter dated December 31, 1981

Coyote3,083 ac

1981 · perimeter dated August 10, 1981

Unknown1,008 ac

1981 · perimeter dated December 31, 1981

St. John3,624 ac

1980 · perimeter dated August 12, 1980

Unknown2,937 ac

1980 · perimeter dated December 31, 1980

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.