Mule Dry Fire
200090,233 acresWashington
The Mule Dry Fire burned 90,233 acres, about 141 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on August 23, 2000.
Watch how it happenedMule Dry 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 | 3.8% | 3,445 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 76% | 68,799 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 19% | 17,594 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.4% | 395 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 4% 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.
| Yakima County | WA | 75,403 |
| Klickitat County | WA | 14,598 |
| Benton County | WA | 181 |
Other large fires in Washington in 2000
- 24 Command Fire162,337 acres
- Maloney Creek Fire131,297 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.