Crystal Fire
2006218,571 acresIdaho
The Crystal Fire burned 218,571 acres, about 342 square miles, across 4 counties. It began on August 15, 2006.
Watch how it happenedCrystal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 89% | 195,001 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 11% | 23,570 |
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.
| Blaine County | ID | 116,200 |
| Power County | ID | 80,910 |
| Bingham County | ID | 16,708 |
| Butte County | ID | 4,761 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 2006
- Sailor Cap Fire62,679 acres
- Foster Gulch Fire52,456 acres
- Stone 2 Fire50,659 acres
- Rattlesnake Complex48,305 acres
- Middle Fork Complex33,857 acres
- Red Mountain Fire33,388 acres
- Heavens Gate Complex (Black Butte)30,690 acres
- Southfork Complex (Cougar)27,914 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.