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
Overland7,690 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 20, 2016
Horseshoe6,586 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 5, 2016
Poodle6,556 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 9, 2016
Izzenhood6,538 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 21, 2016
Strawberry4,603 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 23, 2016
Carico4,390 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 28, 2016
Sage4,238 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 7, 2016
Little Den3,509 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 26, 2016
Seven Lakes3,063 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 7, 2016
S2,541 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 8, 2016
Little Valley2,293 ac
2016 · perimeter dated March 31, 2017
Rock2,293 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 7, 2016
Mill Creek2,095 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 17, 2016
Pinto1,911 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 30, 2016
Wally1,762 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 21, 2016
Rock Hill1,739 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 27, 2016
Jackpot1,599 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 10, 2016
Shooting1,272 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 26, 2016
Sand Pass1,130 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 18, 2016
Washington17,790 ac
2015 · perimeter dated March 31, 2016
Diamond7,112 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 18, 2015
Annie4,986 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 30, 2015
Cold Springs4,013 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 29, 2015
Boulder2,231 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 31, 2015
Middle Ridge11,279 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 14, 2014
Lages9,235 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 14, 2014
Hampton4,557 ac
2014 · perimeter dated September 8, 2014
Bear Trap3,147 ac
2014 · perimeter dated September 8, 2014
Sampson2,168 ac
2014 · perimeter dated August 1, 2014
Bootstrap1,393 ac
2014 · perimeter dated August 1, 2014
Cottonwood1,383 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 14, 2014
Lucky1,165 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 12, 2014
Crescent Dunes36,372 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 4, 2013
Carpenter127,869 ac
2013 · perimeter dated March 31, 2014
Bison24,140 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 18, 2013
Red Cow16,184 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 24, 2013
Spring Peak14,267 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Spring Peak14,229 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Eightmile6,714 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 17, 2013
Red Rock5,369 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 9, 2013
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.