Eastside Complex (Deep Creek)
200031,943 acresOregon
The Eastside Complex (Deep Creek) burned 31,943 acres, about 50 square miles, across Wallowa County. It began on August 24, 2000.
Watch how it happenedEastside Complex (Deep Creek) · 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 | 0.3% | 90 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 5.6% | 1,793 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 55% | 17,494 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 39% | 12,565 |
under 1% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 90 acres; 6% 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.
| Wallowa County | OR | 31,969 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 2000
- Maloney Creek Fire131,297 acres
- Jackson Fire80,666 acres
- Beaty Butte Fire32,700 acres
- Unnamed Fire27,813 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.