Dense Smoke in Nevada

2 dense smoke events since 2022

Every dense smoke event the National Weather Service has filed in Nevada, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Smoke reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less.

The most significant on the map

The most significant dense smoke episodes in Nevada.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The record

Events: 2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Damage: None recorded

Every year

The most significant

Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.

Dense Smoke in Nevada, September 12 to 18, 20222 eventsTwenty miles south of Emigrant Gap, CA. Timber, brush and hardwood litter. Extreme fire behavior with running, spotting and torching. Numerous structures threatened. Evacuations, road, area and trail closures were in effect. 78 structures were lost.

Dense Smoke everywhere Every kind of event in Nevada

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.