Bull Complex (Summit)
199636,305 acresOregon
The Bull Complex (Summit) burned 36,305 acres, about 57 square miles, across Grant County. It began on August 13, 1996.
Watch how it happenedBull Complex (Summit) · 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 | 25% | 9,085 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 24% | 8,829 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 23% | 8,256 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 25% | 9,116 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.4% | 137 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 2.4% | 882 |
25% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 9,085 acres; 49% 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.
| Grant County | OR | 36,318 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 1996
- Simnasho Fire118,426 acres
- Bogus Creek Fire56,686 acres
- Tower Fire50,810 acres
- Salt Complex (Salt Creek)50,211 acres
- Cow Hollow Complex (Cow Hollow)31,255 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.