Black Rock Fire
201440,766 acresOregon
The Black Rock Fire burned 40,766 acres, about 64 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on July 14, 2014.
Watch how it happenedBlack Rock Fire · 2014
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 | 6.5% | 2,643 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 74% | 30,049 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 20% | 7,951 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.3% | 123 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 6% 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.
| Wasco County | OR | 38,909 |
| Sherman County | OR | 1,848 |
| Gilliam County | OR | 1 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 2014
- Saddle Draw Fire283,891 acres
- Buzzard Fire88,633 acres
- South Fork Complex66,753 acres
- Big Cougar Fire65,339 acres
- Shaniko Butte Fire39,843 acres
- Somers Fire36,346 acres
- Beaver Complex35,178 acres
- Pine Creek Fire31,057 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.