Deaton Cole Fire
2011167,650 acresTexas
The Deaton Cole Fire burned 167,650 acres, about 262 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on April 25, 2011.
Watch how it happenedDeaton Cole 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 | 7.4% | 12,465 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 65% | 108,372 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 28% | 46,814 |
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.
| Val Verde County | TX | 120,232 |
| Crockett County | TX | 47,362 |
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Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.