350 Complex

201658,003 acresOklahoma

The 350 Complex burned 58,003 acres, about 91 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on April 5, 2016.

Watch how it happened

350 Complex · 2016

How it happened

Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.

About this replay
Date (UTC)—Historical replay
Burned so far—acres
High severity—of the area so far
Detections110satellite fire pixels

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 350 Complex
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive7.4%4,280
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive77%44,414
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change8.1%4,725
Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before1.3%754
Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images6.6%3,830

No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 7% 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.

Acres burned by county
Woodward CountyOK43,842
Harper CountyOK14,213

Other large fires in Oklahoma in 2016

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