Unnamed Fire

201527,749 acresOregon

The Unnamed Fire burned 27,749 acres, about 43 square miles, across Morrow County. It began on June 8, 2015.

Watch how it happened

Unnamed Fire · 2015

How it happened

See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.

About this replay
IgnitionJune 8, 2015Historical replay — order not recorded
Final area27,749 ac
Revealed—
Counties1

How severely it burned

Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.

Map of burn severity across the Unnamed Fire
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive91%25,239
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change9.0%2,497

Most of the area inside the perimeter burned at low severity or not at all.

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.

Acres burned by county
Morrow CountyOR27,736

Other large fires in Oregon in 2015

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Other.