North Rabbit Fire
201325,064 acresOregon
The North Rabbit Fire burned 25,064 acres, about 39 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 26, 2013.
Watch how it happenedNorth Rabbit Fire · 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 | 30% | 7,458 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 23% | 5,817 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 33% | 8,258 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 14% | 3,528 |
30% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 7,458 acres; 53% 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.
| Douglas County | OR | 24,941 |
| Josephine County | OR | 143 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 2013
- Sunnyside Turnoff Fire50,011 acres
- Owyhee Fire47,962 acres
- Big Windy Complex28,890 acres
- Dads Fire25,198 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.