Barry Point Fire
201291,493 acresCalifornia and Oregon
The Barry Point Fire burned 91,493 acres, about 143 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 6, 2012.
Watch how it happenedBarry Point 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 23% | 20,917 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 23% | 21,478 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 35% | 32,262 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 18% | 16,776 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 59 |
23% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 20,917 acres; 46% 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.
| Lake County | OR | 53,263 |
| Modoc County | CA | 38,224 |
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- Long Draw Fire557,211 acres
- Holloway Fire457,680 acres
- Rush Fire307,085 acres
- Miller Homestead Fire163,342 acres
- Chips Fire79,959 acres
- Cache Creek Fire75,463 acres
- Bagley Fire47,705 acres
- North Pass Fire43,653 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.