Corral Creek-Blackwell Complex
1994139,998 acresIdaho
The Corral Creek-Blackwell Complex burned 139,998 acres, about 219 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on August 2, 1994.
Watch how it happenedCorral Creek-Blackwell Complex · 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 | 23% | 32,876 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 21% | 28,979 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 27% | 37,236 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 25% | 34,364 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 1.0% | 1,387 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 3.7% | 5,157 |
23% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 32,876 acres; 44% 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.
| Valley County | ID | 77,268 |
| Idaho County | ID | 62,656 |
| Adams County | ID | 175 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 1994
- Elevator Fire31,841 acres
- Point Well Fire27,645 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.