Point Well Fire
199427,645 acresIdaho
The Point Well Fire burned 27,645 acres, about 43 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on June 30, 1994.
Watch how it happenedPoint Well 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 34% | 9,320 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 60% | 16,557 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 6.4% | 1,768 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 34% 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.
| Blaine County | ID | 26,589 |
| Minidoka County | ID | 1,018 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 1994
- Corral Creek-Blackwell Complex139,998 acres
- Elevator Fire31,841 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.