Coyote Butte Fire
199630,617 acresIdaho
The Coyote Butte Fire burned 30,617 acres, about 48 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 30, 1996.
Watch how it happenedCoyote Butte 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 | 27% | 8,280 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 48% | 14,763 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 16% | 5,002 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 6.7% | 2,054 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.9% | 261 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.8% | 258 |
27% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 8,280 acres; 75% 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.
| Ada County | ID | 30,625 |
| Canyon County | ID | 1 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 1996
- Coxs Well Fire219,407 acres
- Salt Complex (Salt Creek)50,211 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.