Rattlesnake Complex
200648,305 acresIdaho
The Rattlesnake Complex burned 48,305 acres, about 75 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 20, 2006.
Watch how it happenedRattlesnake Complex · 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 | 13% | 6,502 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 29% | 13,784 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 34% | 16,540 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 24% | 11,404 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.2% | 75 |
13% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 6,502 acres; 42% 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.
| Valley County | ID | 40,212 |
| Boise County | ID | 8,117 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 2006
- Crystal Fire218,571 acres
- Sailor Cap Fire62,679 acres
- Foster Gulch Fire52,456 acres
- Stone 2 Fire50,659 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.