Double Creek Fire
2022170,868 acresIdaho and Oregon
The Double Creek Fire burned 170,868 acres, about 267 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 30, 2022.
Watch how it happenedDouble Creek Fire · 2022
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 | 9.2% | 15,803 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 12% | 21,352 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 52% | 88,394 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 26% | 45,155 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 164 |
9% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 15,803 acres; 22% 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.
| Wallowa County | OR | 170,952 |
| Idaho County | ID | 52 |
Other large fires in Idaho and Oregon in 2022
- Moose Fire142,291 acres
- Cedar Creek Fire136,259 acres
- Ross Fork Fire40,690 acres
- Willow Creek Fire38,557 acres
- Russell Mountain Fire26,104 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.