Jarvis Fire
200649,704 acresArizona and Utah
The Jarvis Fire burned 49,704 acres, about 78 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on June 25, 2006.
Watch how it happenedJarvis 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 2.9% | 1,434 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 70% | 34,630 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 27% | 13,600 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 26 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 3% burned at moderate 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.
| Washington County | UT | 47,923 |
| Mohave County | AZ | 1,712 |
Other large fires in Arizona and Utah in 2006
- Warm Fire58,223 acres
- Hogups Fire30,089 acres
- Dog Valley Fire28,979 acres
- Bull Complex27,487 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.