Powerhouse Fire
201332,310 acresCalifornia
The Powerhouse Fire burned 32,310 acres, about 50 square miles, across Los Angeles County. It began on May 30, 2013.
Watch how it happenedPowerhouse 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 | 33% | 10,539 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 36% | 11,473 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 21% | 6,925 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 10% | 3,277 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.3% | 87 |
33% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 10,539 acres; 68% 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.
| Los Angeles County | CA | 32,329 |
Other large fires in California in 2013
- Rim Fire257,334 acres
- Mountain Fire28,176 acres
- American Fire27,948 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.