Barkley Fire
199444,235 acresCalifornia
The Barkley Fire burned 44,235 acres, about 69 square miles, across Tehama County. It began on September 18, 1994.
Watch how it happenedBarkley Fire · 1994
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 | 1.9% | 855 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 6.0% | 2,662 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 29% | 12,664 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 61% | 27,013 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 2.4% | 1,041 |
2% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 855 acres; 8% 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.
| Tehama County | CA | 44,255 |
Other large fires in California in 1994
- 41 Fire48,452 acres
- Cottonwood Fire47,943 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.