Corbin Fire
198531,933 acresOregon
The Corbin Fire burned 31,933 acres, about 50 square miles, across Malheur County. It began on June 23, 1985.
Watch how it happenedCorbin Fire · 1985
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 50% | 15,946 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 34% | 10,710 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 7.7% | 2,462 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.8% | 2,815 |
50% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 15,946 acres; 83% burned at moderate or high 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.
| Malheur County | OR | 31,961 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 1985
- Angel Fire38,425 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.