Cow Hollow Complex (Cow Hollow)
199631,255 acresOregon
The Cow Hollow Complex (Cow Hollow) burned 31,255 acres, about 49 square miles, across Malheur County. It began on August 12, 1996.
Watch how it happenedCow Hollow Complex (Cow Hollow) · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 41% | 12,684 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 48% | 14,968 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 11% | 3,545 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.2% | 57 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 41% burned at moderate 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.
| Malheur County | OR | 31,275 |
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
- Bull Complex (Summit)36,305 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.