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
Dixie2,520 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 15, 2018
Antelope2,322 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 27, 2018
Pole Canyon2,107 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 22, 2018
Road1,833 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 18, 2018
Rocky1,617 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 25, 2018
Emigrant1,525 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 1, 2018
Francis1,275 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 25, 2018
Upper Colony1,201 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 22, 2018
Chimney1,137 ac
2018 · perimeter dated March 10, 2018
Power1,086 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 24, 2018
Willow1,085 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 27, 2018
Owl Creek1,070 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 5, 2018
Boulder Creek1,029 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 18, 2018
Roosters Comb204,879 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 4, 2017
Snowstorm154,454 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 4, 2017
Truckee98,960 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 14, 2017
Tohakum 294,221 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 11, 2017
Dry Gulch55,329 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 9, 2017
Earthstone40,261 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 21, 2017
Draw27,467 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 31, 2017
Tabor Flats25,380 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 16, 2017
Bravo1723,332 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 31, 2017
Mm 15522,361 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 24, 2017
Tungsten16,455 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 15, 2017
Poker Brown15,532 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 21, 2017
Delano15,264 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 7, 2017
Limerick14,592 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 18, 2017
Cottonwood13,260 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 17, 2017
Black Point12,594 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 29, 2017
Grass Valley11,581 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 22, 2017
Timber Peak10,533 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 4, 2017
Dune9,873 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 9, 2017
Trinity8,896 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 22, 2017
Oil Well7,467 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 9, 2017
Truckee7,241 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 15, 2017
Phoenix6,965 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 25, 2017
Pole Creek6,540 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 4, 2017
Cole Creek6,506 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 2, 2017
Vista5,991 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 31, 2017
Valmy5,463 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 31, 2017
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.