Rex Creek Complex (Rex Creek)
200154,461 acresWashington
The Rex Creek Complex (Rex Creek) burned 54,461 acres, about 85 square miles, across Chelan County. It began on August 12, 2001.
Watch how it happenedRex Creek Complex (Rex Creek) · 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 | 22% | 12,062 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 21% | 11,318 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 25% | 13,515 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 32% | 17,461 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.2% | 104 |
22% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 12,062 acres; 43% 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.
| Chelan County | WA | 54,455 |
Other large fires in Washington in 2001
- St Marys Fire34,907 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.