Paddock Fire
2024186,702 acresIdaho
The Paddock Fire burned 186,702 acres, about 292 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on August 6, 2024.
Watch how it happenedPaddock Fire · 2024
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 | 2.3% | 4,366 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 32% | 60,429 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 63% | 118,373 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 1.3% | 2,447 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.6% | 1,078 |
2% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 4,366 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.
| Washington County | ID | 92,562 |
| Gem County | ID | 67,101 |
| Payette County | ID | 27,178 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 2024
- Red Rock Fire88,339 acres
- Lava Fire86,752 acres
- Limepoint Fire35,290 acres
- Jump Fire26,223 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.