Owyhee Fire
201347,962 acresOregon
The Owyhee Fire burned 47,962 acres, about 75 square miles, across Malheur County. It began on July 1, 2013.
Watch how it happenedOwyhee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 7.6% | 3,662 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 84% | 40,465 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.0% | 3,830 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 8% 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.
| Malheur County | OR | 48,001 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 2013
- Sunnyside Turnoff Fire50,011 acres
- Big Windy Complex28,890 acres
- Dads Fire25,198 acres
- North Rabbit Fire25,064 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.