Higgins Fire
201428,449 acresOklahoma and Texas
The Higgins Fire burned 28,449 acres, about 44 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on March 20, 2014.
Watch how it happenedHiggins 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 | 0.8% | 232 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 91% | 25,792 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.3% | 2,356 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.2% | 68 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 1% 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.
| Hemphill County | TX | 16,594 |
| Ellis County | OK | 10,111 |
| Lipscomb County | TX | 1,760 |
Other large fires in Oklahoma and Texas in 2014
- Unnamed Fire51,143 acres
- Unnamed Fire36,146 acres
- Unnamed Fire32,939 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.