Elkhorn Fire
202326,149 acresIdaho
The Elkhorn Fire burned 26,149 acres, about 41 square miles, across Idaho County. It began on July 24, 2023.
Watch how it happenedElkhorn Fire · 2023
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 | 16% | 4,229 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 28% | 7,227 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 46% | 12,126 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.2% | 2,146 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 1.6% | 415 |
16% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 4,229 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 | 26,153 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 2023
- Hayden Fire32,326 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.