Pony Complex
2013148,112 acresIdaho
The Pony Complex burned 148,112 acres, about 231 square miles, across Elmore County. It began on August 9, 2013.
Watch how it happenedPony 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 21% | 31,398 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 68% | 100,177 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 3.7% | 5,470 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 7.5% | 11,039 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 21% 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.
| Elmore County | ID | 148,188 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 2013
- Elk Complex129,508 acres
- Beaver Creek Fire111,308 acres
- Gold Pan Complex43,216 acres
- State Fire30,992 acres
- Little Queens Fire27,541 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.