Monument Complex (Mallory)

200129,104 acresOregon

The Monument Complex (Mallory) burned 29,104 acres, about 45 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 12, 2001.

Watch how it happened

Monument Complex (Mallory) · 2001

How it happened

Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.

About this replay
Date (UTC)—Historical replay
Burned so far—acres
High severity—of the area so far
Detections128satellite fire pixels

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 Monument Complex (Mallory)
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered0.3%101
Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive3.1%898
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive17%5,089
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change78%22,566
Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before1.5%450

under 1% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 101 acres; 3% 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
Grant CountyOR25,146
Morrow CountyOR3,949

Other large fires in Oregon in 2001

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