Campbell Fire

202230,366 acresCalifornia

The Campbell Fire burned 30,366 acres, about 47 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 5, 2022.

Watch how it happened

Campbell Fire · 2022

How it happened

Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.

About this replay
Date (UTC)—Historical replay
Burned so far—acres
High severity—of the area so far
Detections1,758satellite fire pixels

How severely it burned

Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.

Map of burn severity across the Campbell Fire
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered13%3,869
Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive22%6,793
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive59%17,838
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change6.1%1,866

13% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 3,869 acres; 35% 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.

Acres burned by county
Humboldt CountyCA19,832
Trinity CountyCA10,555

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Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.