Short Draw Fire
202433,706 acresMontana and Wyoming
The Short Draw Fire burned 33,706 acres, about 53 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on September 11, 2024.
Watch how it happenedShort Draw 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 | 11% | 3,798 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 31% | 10,356 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 51% | 17,138 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 7.1% | 2,403 |
11% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 3,798 acres; 42% 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.
| Powder River County | MT | 26,526 |
| Campbell County | WY | 7,210 |
Other large fires in Montana and Wyoming in 2024
- Remington Fire192,465 acres
- House Draw Fire167,888 acres
- Elk Fire98,842 acres
- Flat Rock Fire50,755 acres
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Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.