Lake Fire
202030,958 acresCalifornia
The Lake Fire burned 30,958 acres, about 48 square miles, across Los Angeles County. It began on August 12, 2020.
Watch how it happenedLake 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 23% | 7,139 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 43% | 13,230 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 28% | 8,673 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 6.2% | 1,909 |
23% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 7,139 acres; 66% burned at moderate or high 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.
| Los Angeles County | CA | 30,971 |
Other large fires in California in 2020
- August Complex1.07 million acres
- Scu Lightning Complex405,644 acres
- Creek Fire381,529 acres
- North Complex316,524 acres
- Hennessey Fire314,015 acres
- Castle Fire174,347 acres
- Slater Fire157,657 acres
- Red Salmon Complex147,429 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.