Swamp Creek Fire
199440,310 acresOregon
The Swamp Creek Fire burned 40,310 acres, about 63 square miles, across Malheur County. It began on August 2, 1994.
Watch how it happenedSwamp Creek 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 | 4.8% | 1,944 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 66% | 26,585 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 28% | 11,352 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 1.1% | 429 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 5% 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.
| Malheur County | OR | 40,332 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 1994
- Leclaire Fire32,075 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.