Big Hill Fire
201165,387 acresIdaho
The Big Hill Fire burned 65,387 acres, about 102 square miles, across Owyhee County. It began on August 14, 2011.
Watch how it happenedBig Hill Fire · 2011
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 | 4.1% | 2,666 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 86% | 56,558 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 9.4% | 6,163 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 4% 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 | 65,416 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 2011
- T17 Fire45,618 acres
- Blair Fire40,079 acres
- Saddle Complex30,887 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.