Poe Cabin Fire

200759,657 acresIdaho and Oregon

The Poe Cabin Fire burned 59,657 acres, about 93 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 18, 2007.

Watch how it happened

Poe Cabin Fire · 2007

How it happened

Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.

About this replay
Date (UTC)—Historical replay
Burned so far—acres
High severity—of the area so far
Detections279satellite fire pixels

How severely it burned

Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.

Map of burn severity across the Poe Cabin Fire
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered20%11,649
Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive38%22,452
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive34%20,552
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change8.4%4,984

20% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 11,649 acres; 57% 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.

Acres burned by county
Idaho CountyID59,672
Wallowa CountyOR31

Other large fires in Idaho and Oregon in 2007

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.