Coxs Well Fire
1996219,407 acresIdaho
The Coxs Well Fire burned 219,407 acres, about 343 square miles, across 4 counties. It began on August 27, 1996.
Watch how it happenedCoxs 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 28% | 62,033 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 62% | 135,146 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 9.8% | 21,577 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.3% | 652 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 28% 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.
| Blaine County | ID | 110,928 |
| Bingham County | ID | 39,491 |
| Power County | ID | 35,283 |
| Butte County | ID | 33,720 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 1996
- Salt Complex (Salt Creek)50,211 acres
- Coyote Butte Fire30,617 acres
- Canyon Creek Fire27,897 acres
- 3 Creek Well Fire26,817 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.