Rail Fire
201643,796 acresOregon
The Rail Fire burned 43,796 acres, about 68 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 31, 2016.
Watch how it happenedRail Fire · 2016
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 | 25% | 11,153 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 23% | 10,005 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 31% | 13,653 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 13% | 5,565 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 7.8% | 3,409 |
25% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 11,153 acres; 48% 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.
| Baker County | OR | 41,327 |
| Grant County | OR | 2,486 |
Other large fires in Oregon in 2016
- Cherry Road Fire35,196 acres
- 0353 Rn Scott Canyon Fire32,061 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.