Jungo Complex

199977,016 acresNevada

The Jungo Complex burned 77,016 acres, about 120 square miles, across Humboldt County. It began on August 4, 1999.

Watch how it happened

Jungo Complex · 1999

How it happened

See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.

About this replay
IgnitionAugust 4, 1999Historical replay — order not recorded
Final area77,016 ac
Revealed—
Counties1

How severely it burned

Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.

Map of burn severity across the Jungo Complex
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered0.6%474
Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive7.5%5,781
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive21%15,912
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change71%54,824

1% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 474 acres; 8% 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.

Acres burned by county
Humboldt CountyNV77,045

Other large fires in Nevada in 1999

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.