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Counties With the Lowest Wildfire Risk in Nevada (2026)

Clark has the lowest wildfire risk of any county in Nevada, at 40.4, followed by Mineral and Washoe (data vintage 2024). The full ranking of the top 17 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FEMA National Risk Index

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Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Nevada

Top 17 of 17 counties with data.

Ranked by wildfire risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Nevada
RankCountyValue
1Clark40.4
2Mineral63.4
3Washoe63.4
4Churchill75.1
5Nye77.0
6Lyon83.5
7Esmeralda87.8
8Carson City88.9
9White Pine96.7
10Douglas97.3
11Lincoln98.6
12Humboldt98.7
13Pershing98.8
14Lander99.2
15Elko99.5
16Eureka99.5
17Storey99.9

How this ranking works

This page ranks Nevada counties by wildfire risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For wildfire risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh wildfire risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of wildfire risk.

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