Rough Fire
2015146,362 acresCalifornia
The Rough Fire burned 146,362 acres, about 229 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 1, 2015.
Watch how it happenedRough Fire · 2015
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 | 15% | 22,248 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 24% | 35,102 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 31% | 45,835 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 27% | 38,951 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 2.9% | 4,222 |
15% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 22,248 acres; 39% 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.
| Fresno County | CA | 145,250 |
| Tulare County | CA | 1,119 |
Other large fires in California in 2015
- Rocky Fire96,061 acres
- River Complex78,468 acres
- Valley Fire77,446 acres
- Butte Fire72,913 acres
- Route Complex35,418 acres
- Pattison Fire31,106 acres
- Lake Fire30,396 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.