Murphy Complex
201164,356 acresArizona
The Murphy Complex burned 64,356 acres, about 101 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on May 30, 2011.
Watch how it happenedMurphy Complex · 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 | 1.5% | 982 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 10% | 6,589 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 76% | 48,928 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 12% | 7,854 |
2% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 982 acres; 12% 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.
| Santa Cruz County | AZ | 60,189 |
| Pima County | AZ | 1,591 |
Other large fires in Arizona in 2011
- Wallow Fire563,564 acres
- Horseshoe 2 Fire226,042 acres
- Cloverdale2 Fire33,555 acres
- Monument Fire30,201 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.