Nutall Complex (Nutall)
200431,862 acresArizona
The Nutall Complex (Nutall) burned 31,862 acres, about 50 square miles, across Graham County. It began on June 26, 2004.
Watch how it happenedNutall Complex (Nutall) · 2004
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 | 11% | 3,419 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 28% | 9,058 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 39% | 12,323 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 22% | 7,041 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 20 |
11% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 3,419 acres; 39% 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.
| Graham County | AZ | 31,879 |
Other large fires in Arizona in 2004
- Willow Fire118,413 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.