Table Mountain Complex
201265,891 acresWashington
The Table Mountain Complex burned 65,891 acres, about 103 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on September 8, 2012.
Watch how it happenedTable Mountain Complex · 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 | 21% | 13,958 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 18% | 11,910 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 37% | 24,066 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 24% | 15,831 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.2% | 126 |
21% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 13,958 acres; 39% 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.
| Kittitas County | WA | 44,487 |
| Chelan County | WA | 21,400 |
Other large fires in Washington in 2012
- Barker Canyon Complex85,893 acres
- Cache Creek Fire75,463 acres
- Apache Pass Fire25,091 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.