Flossie Complex

200090,585 acresIdaho

The Flossie Complex burned 90,585 acres, about 142 square miles, across Idaho County. It began on July 31, 2000.

Watch how it happened

Flossie Complex · 2000

How it happened

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

About this replay
IgnitionJuly 31, 2000Historical replay — order not recorded
Final area90,585 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 Flossie Complex
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered30%27,395
Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive19%16,925
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive22%19,902
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change29%25,963
Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before0.2%174
Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images0.2%225

30% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 27,395 acres; 49% 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
Idaho CountyID90,611

Other large fires in Idaho in 2000

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