Ineel Fire
199943,532 acresIdaho
The Ineel Fire burned 43,532 acres, about 68 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on August 21, 1999.
Watch how it happenedIneel Fire · 1999
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 | 1.1% | 500 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 22% | 9,627 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 53% | 23,170 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 24% | 10,235 |
1% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 500 acres; 23% 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.
| Jefferson County | ID | 41,890 |
| Bingham County | ID | 1,291 |
| Butte County | ID | 365 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 1999
- Mule Butte Fire138,309 acres
- Cedar Butte Fire49,609 acres
- East Slick Fire36,681 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Other.