Windy Deuce Fire
2024145,994 acresTexas
The Windy Deuce Fire burned 145,994 acres, about 228 square miles, across 4 counties. It began on February 27, 2024.
Watch how it happenedWindy Deuce 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 8.8% | 12,822 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 82% | 119,146 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 9.5% | 13,878 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 122 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 9% burned at moderate 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.
| Carson County | TX | 68,927 |
| Potter County | TX | 61,262 |
| Moore County | TX | 12,034 |
| Hutchinson County | TX | 3,676 |
Other large fires in Texas in 2024
- Smokehouse Creek Fire1.05 million acres
- Grape Vine Creek Fire33,560 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.