Granite Complex
200537,301 acresIdaho and Oregon
The Granite Complex burned 37,301 acres, about 58 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 6, 2005.
Watch how it happenedGranite Complex · 2005
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 68% | 25,267 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 30% | 11,089 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 2.5% | 942 |
Most of the area inside the perimeter burned at low severity or not at all.
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.
| Idaho County | ID | 37,292 |
| Wallowa County | OR | 39 |
Other large fires in Idaho and Oregon in 2005
- Clover Fire198,974 acres
- Rupert Fire45,415 acres
- Valley Road Fire40,802 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.