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
Martin Creek2,524 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 1, 2011
Great Stone2,375 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 26, 2011
Signboard2,368 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 3, 2011
Sugarloaf2,293 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 7, 2011
Griswald2,051 ac
2011 · perimeter dated July 24, 2011
Caughlin1,942 ac
2011 · perimeter dated November 23, 2011
Wildcat1,875 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 2, 2011
Pleasant Valley1,822 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 25, 2011
Jumbo1,730 ac
2011 · perimeter dated September 2, 2011
Lockwood1,726 ac
2011 · perimeter dated November 24, 2011
Wells1,467 ac
2011 · perimeter dated September 26, 2011
Fire Creek1,445 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 4, 2011
Frenchie1,378 ac
2011 · perimeter dated July 16, 2011
Windmill1,335 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 2, 2011
Burbank1,113 ac
2011 · perimeter dated November 4, 2011
Willow Canyon1,090 ac
2011 · perimeter dated September 14, 2011
Ellison1,040 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 31, 2011
Rock Creek5,359 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 1, 2010
Seven Troughs3,842 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 26, 2010
Bailey2,686 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 8, 2010
Hump1,858 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 9, 2010
Cottonwood1,571 ac
2010 · perimeter dated September 17, 2010
Grass Valley1,208 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 26, 2010
Hoyt10,670 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 30, 2009
Redrock10,549 ac
2009 · perimeter dated July 24, 2009
Wildcat2,266 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 6, 2009
Trailer1,349 ac
2009 · perimeter dated July 24, 2009
East Slide Rock Ridge54,498 ac
2008 · perimeter dated December 16, 2008
Elkhorn 25,454 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 7, 2008
Gooseberry3,042 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 29, 2008
Ruby1,878 ac
2008 · perimeter dated April 18, 2008
Rock Creek1,642 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 12, 2008
Burn Canyon1,629 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 22, 2008
Petersen1,190 ac
2008 · perimeter dated November 4, 2008
Callaghan1,114 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 27, 2008
West Fork161,935 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 2, 2007
West Fork154,974 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 2, 2007
Tungsten61,951 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 11, 2007
West Basin60,915 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 28, 2007
West Basin57,710 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 28, 2007
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.