Canyon Fire
200636,840 acresCalifornia
The Canyon Fire burned 36,840 acres, about 58 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 9, 2006.
Watch how it happenedCanyon Fire · 2006
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 | 12% | 4,383 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 31% | 11,318 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 28% | 10,463 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 29% | 10,677 |
12% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 4,383 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.
| Stanislaus County | CA | 34,767 |
| Santa Clara County | CA | 2,084 |
Other large fires in California in 2006
- Day Fire159,718 acres
- Pigeon Fire100,893 acres
- Millard Fire86,525 acres
- Esperanza Fire40,533 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.