3 Creek Well Fire
199626,817 acresIdaho
The 3 Creek Well Fire burned 26,817 acres, about 42 square miles, across Owyhee County. It began on August 20, 1996.
Watch how it happened3 Creek Well Fire · 1996
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 92% | 24,645 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.1% | 2,172 |
Most of the area inside the perimeter burned at low severity or not at all.
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 | 26,830 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 1996
- Coxs Well Fire219,407 acres
- Salt Complex (Salt Creek)50,211 acres
- Coyote Butte Fire30,617 acres
- Canyon Creek Fire27,897 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.