Saddle Complex
201130,887 acresIdaho and Montana
The Saddle Complex burned 30,887 acres, about 48 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 18, 2011.
Watch how it happenedSaddle 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 | 48% | 14,901 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 13% | 3,898 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 11% | 3,516 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.5% | 2,620 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 19% | 5,942 |
48% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 14,901 acres; 61% 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.
| Lemhi County | ID | 16,236 |
| Ravalli County | MT | 14,640 |
Other large fires in Idaho and Montana in 2011
- Big Hill Fire65,387 acres
- T17 Fire45,618 acres
- Blair Fire40,079 acres
- Diamond Complex33,527 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.