Pot Peak-Sisi Ridge Complex

200437,605 acresWashington

The Pot Peak-Sisi Ridge Complex burned 37,605 acres, about 59 square miles, across Chelan County. It began on June 26, 2004.

Watch how it happened

Pot Peak-Sisi Ridge Complex · 2004

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
Detections727satellite 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 Pot Peak-Sisi Ridge Complex
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered25%9,515
Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive28%10,630
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive27%10,020
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change20%7,348
Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before0.2%92

25% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 9,515 acres; 54% 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
Chelan CountyWA37,602

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