Dixie Fire
202145,239 acresIdaho
The Dixie Fire burned 45,239 acres, about 71 square miles, across Idaho County. It began on July 5, 2021.
Watch how it happenedDixie Fire · 2021
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 | 19% | 8,593 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 25% | 11,226 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 35% | 16,037 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 21% | 9,378 |
19% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 8,593 acres; 44% 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.
| Idaho County | ID | 45,259 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 2021
- Shovel Creek Fire109,743 acres
- Boundary Fire97,976 acres
- Trail Creek Fire62,475 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.