Sheepshead Fire
200132,957 acresOregon
The Sheepshead Fire burned 32,957 acres, about 51 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 9, 2001.
Watch how it happenedSheepshead 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 | 0.4% | 124 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 9.3% | 3,067 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 57% | 18,685 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 34% | 11,080 |
under 1% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 124 acres; 10% 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.
| Malheur County | OR | 29,593 |
| Harney County | OR | 3,377 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 2001
- Big Juniper Fire95,236 acres
- Jackies Butte Fire66,937 acres
- Monument Complex (Mallory)29,104 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.