Long Hollow 0806 Rn Fire

201833,656 acresOregon

The Long Hollow 0806 Rn Fire burned 33,656 acres, about 53 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 26, 2018.

Watch how it happened

Long Hollow 0806 Rn Fire · 2018

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
Detections434satellite 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 Long Hollow 0806 Rn Fire
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive12%3,885
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive84%28,205
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change4.6%1,544
Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before0.1%22

No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 12% 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
Wasco CountyOR27,019
Sherman CountyOR6,642

Other large fires in Oregon in 2018

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