Nevada’s wildfire season in 2025 was shaped long before smoke filled the sky, with work on the ground that paid off when fires arrived.
According to BLM Nevada in an online post highlighting its second major wildfire note of the year, the agency’s fuels program led the bureau for the second year in a row in wildfire risk reduction.
Crews treated more land than any other state, logging more than 248,000 acres statewide, including over 204,800 acres in the wildland urban interface.
The work included fuel breaks, prescribed fire, conifer removal, and greater sage-grouse habitat restoration.
Those treatments were already in place when fire season picked up, and they made a difference once flames crossed the landscape.
BLM Nevada reported that 36 wildfires intersected 84 fuel treatments during the season.
The agency said those areas improved suppression efforts and helped increase firefighter safety. The effects were seen on the Conner, Winnemucca Mountain, Jakes, and Rancho fires, where previous fuels work slowed fire spread and supported safer, more effective operations.
The scope of the season was large. In 2025, 690 wildfires burned 395,265 acres in Nevada, a 295% increase from the acres burned in 2024.
BLM Nevada credited proactive fuels management ahead of fire season as a critical step in protecting public lands, wildlife habitat, firefighters, and communities as wildfire threats continue to grow.
More highlights from BLM Nevada Fire in 2025 are available through the agency’s online wildfire information page.
