Stubblefield 1008 Rn Fire

201849,162 acresOregon

The Stubblefield 1008 Rn Fire burned 49,162 acres, about 77 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 17, 2018.

Watch how it happened

Stubblefield 1008 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
Detections781satellite 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 Stubblefield 1008 Rn Fire
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive89%43,844
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change11%5,291
Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before0.1%27

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
Gilliam CountyOR49,112
Sherman CountyOR46

Other large fires in Oregon in 2018

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