Bridger Knoll Fire
199635,460 acresArizona
The Bridger Knoll Fire burned 35,460 acres, about 55 square miles, across Coconino County. It began on June 20, 1996.
Watch how it happenedBridger Knoll 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 20% | 7,248 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 32% | 11,365 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 25% | 8,830 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 23% | 8,013 |
20% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 7,248 acres; 52% 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.
| Coconino County | AZ | 35,477 |
Other large fires in Arizona in 1996
- Lone Fire60,525 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.