Rough Ridge Fire
201627,621 acresGeorgia
The Rough Ridge Fire burned 27,621 acres, about 43 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on October 16, 2016.
Watch how it happenedRough Ridge 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 1.0% | 273 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 60% | 16,598 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 39% | 10,718 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 32 |
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.
| Fannin County | GA | 20,582 |
| Murray County | GA | 6,089 |
| Gilmer County | GA | 938 |
Other large fires in Georgia in 2016
- Rock Mountain Fire25,266 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.