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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

Holloway · 2012460,843 acMartin · 2018431,754 acDuzak · 2005331,996 acWinters · 2006238,463 acSouth Sugarloaf · 2018233,462 acPoker Brow · 1999232,123 acRoosters Comb · 2017204,879 acSadler · 1999199,181 acWest Fork · 2007161,935 acWest Fork · 2007154,974 ac

All mapped large fires

Chimney4,598 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 31, 2012
Kane4,247 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 16, 2012
Pahroc4,117 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 21, 2012
Weeks3,865 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 18, 2012
Antelope 23,580 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 16, 2012
Carter Springs3,462 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 5, 2012
Pinto2,880 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 1, 2012
Greenhorn2,680 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 12, 2012
Washoe2,676 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 22, 2012
Indian Creek2,532 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 13, 2012
Buffalo2,474 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 2, 2012
Eleven2,370 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 6, 2012
Slumbering2,250 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 6, 2012
Antelope 31,818 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 16, 2012
Boyd1,787 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 10, 2012
Jupiter1,629 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 24, 2012
Palisade1,445 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 25, 2012
Springs1,191 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 30, 2012
White Rock1,085 ac
2012 · perimeter dated April 29, 2012
Preacher1,076 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 9, 2012
Four Tanks1,015 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 6, 2012
Hansen1,009 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 11, 2012
Mine1,004 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 19, 2012
Indian Creek110,827 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 13, 2011
Chukkar Canyon48,672 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 17, 2011
Izzenhood38,191 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 17, 2011
Eden Valley34,485 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 4, 2011
Hot Springs33,794 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 5, 2011
Last Chance21,566 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 8, 2011
China Garden18,619 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 4, 2011
Vigo12,094 ac
2011 · perimeter dated September 10, 2011
Big Antelope11,606 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 5, 2011
Nixon11,195 ac
2011 · perimeter dated July 4, 2011
Susie6,741 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 7, 2011
Spring Creek6,000 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 11, 2011
Tom Basin5,135 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 14, 2011
Salmon4,846 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 18, 2011
Ray May3,815 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 26, 2011
Nts 23,341 ac
2011 · perimeter dated July 12, 2011
Narrows3,319 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 2, 2011

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.