Jackson Fire
200080,666 acresOregon
The Jackson Fire burned 80,666 acres, about 126 square miles, across Malheur County. It began on July 14, 2000.
Watch how it happenedJackson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 47% | 38,150 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 46% | 36,966 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 6.6% | 5,361 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.2% | 182 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 47% burned at moderate 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.
| Malheur County | OR | 80,733 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 2000
- Maloney Creek Fire131,297 acres
- Beaty Butte Fire32,700 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.