September 23, 2020

 Palmer

 Reported: 2:26pm

Size: .25 acres

Location: Pennington County, 3 miles SE of Hill City

Resources: Federal

Cause: Vehicle

Contained: 09/23/2020 4:00pm

Controlled: 09/23/2020 4:30pm

September 14, 2020

Hideaway

Location: Along I-90 near Black Hawk, SD

Size: .10 acres

Resources: Local and SD Wildland Fire Division

Cause: Associated with a vehicle fire

Contained and Controlled: 9/14/2020 1:41 pm

 

Singing Horse 2

Location: 8 miles north of Manderson, SD

Size: 600 acres

Resources: Local, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Black Hills National Forest

Cause: N/A

September 3, 2020

 Bear

Reported: 7:46am

Location: Pennington County, 9 miles NE of Newcastle, Boles Canyon

Size: 4.8 acres

Resources: State, local and Federal

Cause: Lightning

September 1, 2020

 Rumford CA

Reported: September 1st, 5:44pm

Location: Fall River County, 5 miles ESE of Provo

Resources: State, local, and Federal

Size: 110 acres

Cause: Under investigation

August 31, 2020

 Dismal

Reported: 8:14am

Location: Thomas County, 13 miles SW of Halsey, NE

Size: 50 acres 53 acres

Cause: Lightning

Resources: Local and Nebraska National Forest

Contained: September 1st, 11:42am

August 30, 2020

 650

Location: Pennington County, 8 miles east of Hill City, SD

Reported: August 30^th 10:52am

Size: 0.1 acres

Cause: Unknown

Contained: August 30^th 11:30am

Controlled: August 30^th 11:30am

Loop D

Location: Wind Cave Campground Elk Mountain Campground

Reported: August 29th 9:42pm

Size: 0.1 acres

Cause: Unknown

Contained: August 29^th 10:23pm

Controlled: August 30^th 11:29am

Out: August 31st 2:19pm

Broken H

Location: 6 miles west of Ardmore

Reported: 6:38pm

Size: 70 acres

Resources: Federal

Cause: Unknown

Contained: August 30^th 4:30pm

Richmond Hill

Location: 44 23.598, -103 50.778

Reported: 4:25pm

Size: 0.1 acre

Cause: Unknown

Contained: August 29^th 6:40pm

Controlled: August 29^th 7:30pm

Green Mountain

Location: 2.5 miles North of Mt Roosevelt on Private land

Reported: August 28^th 5:13pm

Size: 0.1 acre

Resources: State and Federal

Cause: Human

Contained: August 28^th 6:15pm

Controlled: August 28^th 6:15pm

Out: August 28^th 6:15pm

 

Red Bluff

Location: 44 30.660, -104 23.250, on Private and State land

Reported: August 28^th 11:08am

Size: 3.23 acres

Resources: Federal

Cause: Lightning

Contained: August 28^th 3:30pm

Controlled: August 28^th 7:00pm

 

Rifle

Location: 5 miles East of Pringle, on Federal land

Reported: August 28^th 11:11am

Size: 0.1 acre

Resources: State and Federal

Cause: Lightning

Contained: August 28^th 2:30pm

Controlled: August 28^th 4:00pm

 

Rankin

Location: 3 miles Northwest of Wind Cave NP visitor center

Reported: August 28^th 10:49am

Size: 28 acres

Resources: Local, State, and Federal

Cause: Lightning

For additional information, contact Tom Farrell at Wind Cave NP (605)745-4600

 

Aristocrat

Location: Northeast of Spotted Tail Trailhead, Nebraska

Reported: August 28^th 10:49am

Size: 400 acres

Resources: Federal

Cause: Lightning

Contained: August 30th 4:45pm

Farmer

Location: 5 Miles west of Argyle, on Private and State land

Reported: August 28^th 8:02am

Size: 0.1 acres

Resources: State and Federal

Cause: Lightning

Contained: 09:49am

Controlled: 10:35am

 

Buhr

Location: Sioux Co, 3 Miles west of Montrose

Reported: 6:28pm

Size: 85 acres

Cause: Lightning

Contained: August 27th 08:00pm

 

Wilson

Location: Nemo Rd. and 151 Rd., Lawrence Co.

Reported: 4:49pm

Size: 0.31 acres

Cause: Unknown

 

Rockin Tree

Location: Aladdin, WY (Crook Co.)

Reported: 13:53pm

Resources: local, State, and Federal

Size: 1 acre

Cause: Unknown

Contained: August 17th 4:00pm

 

Hubbards Gap

Location: Banner Co., Nebraska

Reported: 12:06pm

Size: 10 acres

Cause: Unknown

 

Clark

Location: 1 mile north of State Game Lodge in Custer State Park

Reported: 11:22am

Resources: local, State, and Federal

Size: 18.17 acres

Cause: Lightning

Contained: August 28^th 2:48pm

Controlled: August 28^th 7:00pm

For additional information, contact Custer State Park

 

Fitzgerald CA

Location: Pennington County, south of Wasta

Reported: 6:03pm

Resources: local, Black Hills National Forest, Nebraska National Forest and State

Size: 570 acres

Cause: Lightning

Contained: August 24th 12:00pm

Controlled: August 25th 3:00pm

August 30, 2020 - Aristocrat Fire Update

Aristocrat Fire Update

The Aristocrat Fire is 100% contained. Updated at 4:45 p.m.

Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 11 a.m.

Contact: Julie Johndreau 605-685-4096

The Aristocrat Fire is now mapped at 391 acres and is 60 percent contained. Firefighters continue to patrol and extinguish hot spots inside control lines. Full containment is expected by the end of today. This will be the last regular update.

“We encourage folks to stay out of the fire area,” said Pine Ridge District Ranger Tim Buskirk. “Many of the roads in the area are very sandy and difficult to travel on right now. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation.”

The Aristocrat Fire was first reported at 10:38 am on Friday, August 28. It is burning on Nebraska National Forest lands, near the Spotted Tail Trailhead, south of Chadron, NE.

Photo: Aristocrat Fire, Nebraska National Forest, South of Chadron, NE