September 19, 2016

Falling Rock Campfire

• Reported: 11:33 pm
• Location: Pennington County, near Falling Rock, on Black Hills National Forest
• Size:  0.10 acres
• Federal and VFD resources responded 
• Controlled

Update: September 18, 2016

Incident #1 - Soy Bean CA Wildfire

• Reported: 1:50 pm
• Location: Stanley County; 10 miles NW of Ft Pierre.
• Size:  11.6 acres
• Resources responded. Controlled.
• Cause: equipment

Incident #2 - First Thunder Wildfire

• Reported: 2:51 pm
• Location: 2 miles off Sheridan Lake Road on Victoria Lake Rd. Fire is burning on Black Hills National Forest.
• Size: 17.5 acres
• Resources:  Federal, State and VFD'S
• Cause: undetermined
• Contained

First Thunder Fire (photo by Brady Rothschadl, 9/18/16)

September 16, 2016

Forbes Fire (12:20 pm)

• Located in the Northern Black Hills, west of I-90, near exit 37
• 0.25 acres
• Resources: Federal and State on scene

Forbes Fire

Forbes Fire

308 Fire (1:18 pm)

• Located in Custer Co., 2 Miles WSW Of Pringle, SD 
• 0.6 acres 
• Resources: Federal and State on scene

September 8, 2016

Preserve (#2) fire (3:29 pm)

• Location: Whitney Preserve Area near Cascade, South Dakota (Fall River County)
• Size: 16 acres
• Resources: Federal, State and VFD responding
• Cause: unknown

September 7, 2016

Updates as of Thursday, September 8th

Buffalo fire (3:14 pm)

• Location: east side of Custer State Park, South Dakota (North of the airport, Custer County)
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Resources: Federal & State responding
• Cause: equipment
• Controlled as of 4:31 pm

Deer (#2) fire (12:11 pm)

• Location: 6.5 miles southwest of Custer, South Dakota (2 miles south of 9 Mile Draw, Custer County)
• Size: 0.25 acres
• Resources: Federal & State responding
• Cause: lighting
• Controlled as of 4:21 pm

September 6, 2016

North Dakota fire (4:44 am)

• Location: 0.5 miles north of Sheridan Lake, South Dakota
• Size: 0.2 acres
• Resources: Federal and State responding
• Cause: human
• Contained as of 9:09 am

September 5, 2016

Updates as of Tuesday, September 6

Deer Spring fire (7:16 pm)

• Location: 3 miles south of Hardy Guard, South Dakota (Lawrence County) 
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Cause: lightning
• Controlled as of 8:30 pm

Boarding fire (4:39 pm)

• Location: 1 mile northwest of north boat launch of Pactola Reservoir, South Dakota (Pennington County) 
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Resources: State responding 
• Cause: lightning
• Controlled as of 2:36 pm

Chopper fire (4:14 pm)

• Location: 2.3 miles northwest of Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota (Pennington County) 
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Cause: lightning
• Contained as of 11:51 pm

Shank fire (2:23 pm)

• Location: 6 miles south of Teepee Work Center, South Dakota (Custer County) 
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Resources: State responding
• Cause: lightning
• Controlled as of 4:43 pm

South Fork fire (2:20 pm)

• Location: 3 miles southwest of Deerfield Lake, South Dakota (Pennington County) 
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Resources: Federal responding
• Cause: lightning
• Contained as of 5:30 pm 

Pass Creek Well (#3) fire (1:48 pm)

• Location: 3.5 miles east of Dewey, South Dakota (Near Pass Creek Well, Custer County)
• Size: 33 acres
• Resources: Federal and State responding
• Contained as of 12:47 pm

Big Spring (#2) fire (12:45 pm)

• Location: 1 mile southeast of Crow Peak, South Dakota (Lawrence County)
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Resources: Federal responding
• Cause: lightning
• Controlled as of 6:30 pm

Windmill fire (8:55 am)

• Location: North of Jewel Cave, South Dakota (Windmill Draw area, Custer County)
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Resources: Federal and State responding
• Cause: lightning
• Controlled as of 2:33 pm