Maloney Creek Fire
2000131,297 acresIdaho and Oregon and Washington
The Maloney Creek Fire burned 131,297 acres, about 205 square miles, across 5 counties. It began on August 11, 2000.
Watch how it happenedMaloney Creek 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 | 0.7% | 922 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 4.0% | 5,288 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 20% | 25,686 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 71% | 93,307 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 4.6% | 6,094 |
1% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 922 acres; 5% 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.
| Nez Perce County | ID | 58,488 |
| Wallowa County | OR | 55,109 |
| Lewis County | ID | 16,988 |
| Asotin County | WA | 758 |
| Idaho County | ID | 51 |
Other large fires in Idaho and Oregon and Washington in 2000
- Diamond Complex (Diamond Peak)271,336 acres
- Clear Creek Divide Complex (Clear Creek)170,370 acres
- 24 Command Fire162,337 acres
- Flossie Complex90,585 acres
- Mule Dry Fire90,233 acres
- Jackson Fire80,666 acres
- Coffee Point Fire73,461 acres
- Burgdorf Junction Fire67,244 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.