Apache Pass Fire
201225,091 acresWashington
The Apache Pass Fire burned 25,091 acres, about 39 square miles, across Lincoln County. It began on September 9, 2012.
Watch how it happenedApache Pass Fire · 2012
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 | 21% | 5,219 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 65% | 16,276 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.0% | 2,002 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 1.4% | 362 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 4.9% | 1,232 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 21% 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.
| Lincoln County | WA | 25,101 |
Other large fires in Washington in 2012
- Barker Canyon Complex85,893 acres
- Cache Creek Fire75,463 acres
- Table Mountain Complex65,891 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.