High Cascades Fire
201144,476 acresOregon
The High Cascades Fire burned 44,476 acres, about 69 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 24, 2011.
Watch how it happenedHigh Cascades 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 7.4% | 3,283 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 13% | 5,903 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 73% | 32,270 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 6.8% | 3,015 |
7% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 3,283 acres; 21% 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.
| Wasco County | OR | 22,543 |
| Jefferson County | OR | 21,954 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 2011
- Hancock Complex71,576 acres
- 0655 Razor Back East Fire65,339 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.