Long Butte Fire
2010302,474 acresIdaho
The Long Butte Fire burned 302,474 acres, about 473 square miles, across 4 counties. It began on August 21, 2010.
Watch how it happenedLong Butte Fire · 2010
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 | 6.8% | 20,565 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 85% | 256,024 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.5% | 25,804 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 7% 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.
| Owyhee County | ID | 208,765 |
| Twin Falls County | ID | 67,383 |
| Elmore County | ID | 25,783 |
| Gooding County | ID | 614 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 2010
- Jefferson Fire108,497 acres
- Crowbar Fire30,711 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.