Bear Den Butte Fire
200729,779 acresIdaho
The Bear Den Butte Fire burned 29,779 acres, about 47 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 16, 2007.
Watch how it happenedBear Den Butte Fire · 2007
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 | 9.7% | 2,894 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 88% | 26,285 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 2.0% | 600 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 10% 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.
| Minidoka County | ID | 28,258 |
| Blaine County | ID | 1,490 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 2007
- Murphy Complex567,212 acres
- East Zone Complex (Raines)318,567 acres
- Cascade Complex (Monumental)317,014 acres
- Rattlesnake Fire102,464 acres
- Battle Creek Complex (Battle Creek)79,057 acres
- Black Pine 2 Fire69,896 acres
- Highway 93 Complex (West Basin)63,158 acres
- Poe Cabin Fire59,657 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.