Pocket Fire Burn Severity Map Released by Forest Service

The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists on the Pocket Fire have completed their field surveys and produced a Soil Burn Severity (SBS) map of the incident. The SBS map visually represents field verified satellite imagery of SBS categories including, unburned/very low, low, moderate, and high severity. SBS reflects fire effects to soils on the surface and below ground, not fire effects to vegetation. The final assessment estimates approximately 1,295 acres (5%) of the fire is unburned/very low, about 7,419 acres (27%) is low SBS, roughly 17,883 acres (65%) is moderate SBS, and approximately 876 acres (3%) is high SBS....

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