Beaty Butte Fire
200032,700 acresOregon
The Beaty Butte Fire burned 32,700 acres, about 51 square miles, across Harney County. It began on July 12, 2000.
Watch how it happenedBeaty Butte Fire · 2000
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 | 16% | 5,070 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 34% | 11,262 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 29% | 9,503 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 21% | 6,865 |
16% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 5,070 acres; 50% 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.
| Harney County | OR | 32,703 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 2000
- Maloney Creek Fire131,297 acres
- Jackson Fire80,666 acres
- Eastside Complex (Deep Creek)31,943 acres
- Unnamed Fire27,813 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.