Blue River 2 Fire
202026,875 acresArizona
The Blue River 2 Fire burned 26,875 acres, about 42 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 13, 2020.
Watch how it happenedBlue River 2 Fire · 2020
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 | 2.2% | 581 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 83% | 22,379 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 15% | 3,901 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 2% 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.
| Gila County | AZ | 24,488 |
| Graham County | AZ | 2,401 |
Other large fires in Arizona in 2020
- Bush Fire212,384 acres
- Bighorn Fire126,035 acres
- Mangum Fire71,583 acres
- Griffin Fire61,410 acres
- Basin Fire38,630 acres
- Cow Canyon Fire33,535 acres
- Valley Fire29,305 acres
- Blue River Fire29,289 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.