Shovel Creek Fire
2021109,743 acresIdaho
The Shovel Creek Fire burned 109,743 acres, about 171 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 7, 2021.
Watch how it happenedShovel Creek 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 | 0.8% | 882 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 16% | 17,618 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 58% | 63,994 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 25% | 27,240 |
1% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 882 acres; 17% 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.
| Nez Perce County | ID | 102,660 |
| Lewis County | ID | 7,168 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 2021
- Boundary Fire97,976 acres
- Trail Creek Fire62,475 acres
- Dixie Fire45,239 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.