Fairview Fire
202228,657 acresCalifornia
The Fairview Fire burned 28,657 acres, about 45 square miles, across Riverside County. It began on September 5, 2022.
Watch how it happenedFairview 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 | 8.2% | 2,344 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 43% | 12,349 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 41% | 11,675 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.0% | 2,290 |
8% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 2,344 acres; 51% 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.
| Riverside County | CA | 28,677 |
Other large fires in California in 2022
- Mosquito Fire77,881 acres
- Mckinney Fire60,546 acres
- Campbell Fire30,366 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.