Elevator Fire
199431,841 acresIdaho and Utah
The Elevator Fire burned 31,841 acres, about 50 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 27, 1994.
Watch how it happenedElevator 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 | 20% | 6,373 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 46% | 14,526 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 20% | 6,470 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 14% | 4,437 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 35 |
20% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 6,373 acres; 66% 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.
| Box Elder County | UT | 17,495 |
| Oneida County | ID | 14,358 |
Other large fires in Idaho and Utah in 1994
- Corral Creek-Blackwell Complex139,998 acres
- Simpson Bt Fire36,914 acres
- Point Well Fire27,645 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.