Kelly Fire
202390,208 acresCalifornia and Oregon
The Kelly Fire burned 90,208 acres, about 141 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on August 15, 2023.
Watch how it happenedKelly 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 | 31% | 28,195 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 35% | 31,986 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 29% | 26,005 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 4.5% | 4,018 |
31% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 28,195 acres; 67% 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.
| Del Norte County | CA | 77,557 |
| Josephine County | OR | 9,124 |
| Curry County | OR | 3,583 |
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- York Fire94,728 acres
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- Flat Fire34,472 acres
- Bedrock Fire31,663 acres
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Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.