Substation 0730 Rn Fire
201869,207 acresOregon
The Substation 0730 Rn Fire burned 69,207 acres, about 108 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 17, 2018.
Watch how it happenedSubstation 0730 Rn Fire · 2018
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 91% | 62,650 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 9.4% | 6,503 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 51 |
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.
| Wasco County | OR | 44,420 |
| Sherman County | OR | 24,793 |
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- Taylor Creek Fire57,460 acres
- Stubblefield 1008 Rn Fire49,162 acres
- Jennies Peak 1039 Rn Fire47,702 acres
- Miles Fire40,310 acres
- Klamathon Fire38,159 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.