Big Juniper Fire
200195,236 acresOregon
The Big Juniper Fire burned 95,236 acres, about 149 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 8, 2001.
Watch how it happenedBig Juniper Fire · 2001
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
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 | 1.8% | 1,733 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 43% | 41,177 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 34% | 32,459 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 21% | 19,866 |
2% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 1,733 acres; 45% 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.
| Harney County | OR | 95,062 |
| Lake County | OR | 86 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 2001
- Jackies Butte Fire66,937 acres
- Sheepshead Fire32,957 acres
- Monument Complex (Mallory)29,104 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.