Big Draw 2 Fire
198445,780 acresIdaho
The Big Draw 2 Fire burned 45,780 acres, about 72 square miles, across Owyhee County. It began on August 10, 1984.
Watch how it happenedBig Draw 2 Fire · 1984
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 9.7% | 4,451 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 79% | 36,124 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.3% | 3,817 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 3.0% | 1,387 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 10% burned at moderate severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Owyhee County | ID | 45,805 |
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.