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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

Mustang1,412 ac
2007 · perimeter dated May 19, 2007
Raine1,312 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 1, 2007
Pequop Springs1,299 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 15, 2007
Mendive1,253 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 30, 2007
Telegraph Wfu1,067 ac
2007 · perimeter dated October 5, 2007
Winters238,463 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 3, 2006
Sheep150,271 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 10, 2006
Charleston149,245 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 20, 2006
Amazon108,567 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 11, 2006
Suzie78,457 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 2, 2006
Basco44,282 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 30, 2006
Gopher32,566 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 18, 2006
Sage27,053 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 27, 2006
Range24,562 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 8, 2006
Snow Canyon22,234 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 27, 2006
Hambly22,215 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 16, 2006
Fws 321,111 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 2, 2006
Beatty20,736 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 13, 2006
Gass 319,250 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 17, 2006
Vegas18,542 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 8, 2006
North Blue16,209 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 24, 2006
Deer15,698 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 10, 2006
Webb13,655 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 7, 2006
Mudd13,457 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 26, 2006
Beaver12,748 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 15, 2006
Sneekee10,280 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 3, 2006
North Antelope10,219 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 30, 2006
Higby10,077 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 11, 2006
Elburz 19,634 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 28, 2006
East Humboldt8,638 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 27, 2006
Sherwood7,378 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 15, 2006
Tp6,988 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 25, 2006
Storm Cloud6,864 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 14, 2006
Gap6,840 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 14, 2006
Olinghouse6,835 ac
2006 · perimeter dated December 31, 2006
Bootlegger6,683 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 13, 2006
Jackass6,213 ac
2006 · perimeter dated December 31, 2006
Linehan5,863 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 30, 2006
Verdi5,662 ac
2006 · perimeter dated December 31, 2006
Poito5,582 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 1, 2006

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.