Big Windy Complex
201328,890 acresOregon
The Big Windy Complex burned 28,890 acres, about 45 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 26, 2013.
Watch how it happenedBig Windy Complex · 2013
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 | 8.6% | 2,494 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 21% | 6,164 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 59% | 17,165 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 11% | 3,060 |
9% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 2,494 acres; 30% 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.
| Josephine County | OR | 27,024 |
| Curry County | OR | 1,886 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 2013
- Sunnyside Turnoff Fire50,011 acres
- Owyhee Fire47,962 acres
- Dads Fire25,198 acres
- North Rabbit Fire25,064 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.