Redlam Fire
199535,400 acresUtah
The Redlam Fire burned 35,400 acres, about 55 square miles, across Tooele County. It began on August 27, 1995.
Watch how it happenedRedlam Fire · 1995
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 | 8.5% | 3,017 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 36% | 12,876 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 25% | 8,684 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 30% | 10,784 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 38 |
9% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 3,017 acres; 45% 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.
| Tooele County | UT | 35,405 |
Other large fires in Utah in 1995
- Puddle Valley Fire31,236 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.