Ackerson Complex (Ackerson)
199658,227 acresCalifornia
The Ackerson Complex (Ackerson) burned 58,227 acres, about 91 square miles, across Tuolumne County. It began on August 14, 1996.
Watch how it happenedAckerson Complex (Ackerson) · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 12% | 7,233 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 22% | 12,540 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 55% | 32,065 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 11% | 6,329 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.1% | 51 |
12% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 7,233 acres; 34% 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.
| Tuolumne County | CA | 58,160 |
Other large fires in California in 1996
- Fifty-Eight Fire94,832 acres
- Fork Fire83,147 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.