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
Black4,886 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 9, 2013
Black4,795 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Chestnut4,219 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 5, 2013
Willow Creek4,028 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 4, 2013
Cattle Guard3,888 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 20, 2013
Waterpipe3,031 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 23, 2013
Weiland2,901 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 23, 2013
Gregerson2,783 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 7, 2013
Smith Ranch2,777 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 25, 2013
Goat Peak1,998 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 8, 2013
Dod41,504 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 25, 2013
White Pine1,292 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 12, 2013
Dod 41,216 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 9, 2013
North Creek1,100 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 6, 2013
Ferguson1,093 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 14, 2013
Snow Creek1,051 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 24, 2013
Holloway460,843 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 31, 2012
Willow42,781 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 17, 2012
Long Canyon36,847 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 14, 2012
Gilbert31,503 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 28, 2012
Del23,620 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 11, 2012
Mustang19,835 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 17, 2012
Wall17,160 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 21, 2012
20 Mile13,149 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 14, 2012
Hanson12,470 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 27, 2012
Fraiser12,070 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 28, 2012
Browns Gulch11,822 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 25, 2012
North Schell11,656 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 4, 2012
Buckskin10,721 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 15, 2012
Homer9,560 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 21, 2012
Lime7,590 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 16, 2012
Cain7,387 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 28, 2012
Gregerson7,310 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 31, 2012
Egan7,190 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 8, 2012
Tre7,073 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2012
Basin7,069 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 5, 2012
Stud6,738 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 15, 2012
White Rock6,250 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 10, 2012
Coyote Point5,410 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 20, 2012
Range4,635 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 6, 2012
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.