Foster Gulch Fire
200652,456 acresIdaho and Oregon
The Foster Gulch Fire burned 52,456 acres, about 82 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on July 23, 2006.
Watch how it happenedFoster Gulch 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 | 3.3% | 1,712 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 14% | 7,169 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 64% | 33,535 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 19% | 10,021 |
3% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 1,712 acres; 17% 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.
| Baker County | OR | 51,837 |
| Wallowa County | OR | 657 |
| Adams County | ID | 1 |
Other large fires in Idaho and Oregon in 2006
- Crystal Fire218,571 acres
- Happy Valley Fire72,025 acres
- Pueblo Fire67,830 acres
- Sailor Cap Fire62,679 acres
- Stone 2 Fire50,659 acres
- Rattlesnake Complex48,305 acres
- Star Mountain Fire45,204 acres
- Middle Fork Complex33,857 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.