Tuana Complex
199580,611 acresIdaho
The Tuana Complex burned 80,611 acres, about 126 square miles, across Owyhee County. It began on July 29, 1995.
Watch how it happenedTuana Complex · 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 | 2.9% | 2,353 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 32% | 26,183 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 51% | 41,443 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 9.5% | 7,622 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 3.7% | 2,990 |
3% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 2,353 acres; 35% 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.
| Owyhee County | ID | 80,637 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 1995
- Twin Butte Fire32,552 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.