Slink Fire
202026,472 acresCalifornia
The Slink Fire burned 26,472 acres, about 41 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 30, 2020.
Watch how it happenedSlink 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 | 5.4% | 1,435 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 19% | 5,073 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 51% | 13,434 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 24% | 6,450 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.3% | 80 |
5% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 1,435 acres; 25% 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.
| Mono County | CA | 13,787 |
| Alpine County | CA | 12,650 |
Other large fires in California in 2020
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- 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
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Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.