Monday, March 18, 2024

March 18, 2024 Wildfire Information

 Freedom Fire

Date Reported: 3/17/2024

Location: 2 miles SE of Piedmont, SD on I-90

Size: 0.63 acres

Resources: State and Local 

Cause: Human 

Status: Contained and Controlled 

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

March 6th, 2024 Wildfire Information

 79 Fire

Date reported: March 6, 2024

Location: on Highway 79

Size: 5 acres

Resources: State, local, federal 

Status: Contained


Lone Pine Fire

Date reported: March 6, 2024

Location: 2 miles south of Hermosa on Hwy 79

Size: 36 acres

Resources: state, local, and federal

Status: Contained  

MM 43 Fire

Date reported: March 6, 2024

Location: 5 miles SW of Fairburn on Hwy79

Size: 1.9 acres

Resources: state and local 

Status: Contained and controlled 

Cobb Fire

Date reported: March 6, 2024

Location: 4 miles north of Fairburn on Hwy 79

Size: 5 acres

Resources: local, state, and federal 

Status: no containment 

MM 32 Fire

Date reported: March 6, 2024

Location: 4 miles SW of Buffalo Gap on Hwy 79 

Size: 0.1 acres

Resources: state and local 

Status: Contained and controlled 

Allen Ranch Fire

Date reported: March 6, 2024

Location: 3 miles south of Hermosa on Hwy 79 

Size: 1.5 acres

Resources: federal 

Status: Contained 

Monday, March 4, 2024

March 4, 2024 Wildfire Information

 Shirttail Fire

Reported: March 4, 2024

Location: 1 mile south of Pringle 

Size: 2 acres

Resources: state, local and federal 

Cause: unknown 

Status: Controlled

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Flynn Fire March 2024

Flynn Fire

Reported: March 3, 2024

Location: 3.5 miles NE of Pringle, SD

Size: 35 acres

Resources: local, state, and federal

Cause: under investigation 

Status: Controlled



March 3, 2024 information

Emerald Fire

Reported: March 3, 2024

Location: 2 miles southwest of Black Hawk, SD

Size: 0.5 acres 

Resources: Local recourses and US Forest Service 

Cause: power line 

Containment: 100% controlled 

Telluride Fire

Reported: March 3, 2024

Location: Piedmont, SD

Size: .25 acres 

Resources: state and local 

Status: 100% controlled 


Thursday, February 29, 2024

February 29, 2024 - Wildfire Information

Pony Lake Fire

Reported: February 29, 2024

Location: Off US Hwy 83 near mile marker 180 in Valentine, NE

Size: 283 acres 

Resources: State, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and local support

Cause: under investigation 

Containment: 100% controlled

Monday, February 26, 2024

February 26, 2024 - Wildfire Information

Timberwood Fire

Reported: February 26, 2024, 12:26 p.m.

Location: Meade County, 5 miles E of Piedmont, SD (private property)

Size: 13.5 acres

Resources: Federal, State, and Local

Cause: Human


Wonderland Fire

Reported: February 26, 2024, 1:11 a.m.

Location: Exit 48, I90, Summerset, SD (county property)

Size: 0.32 acres

Resources: Local

Cause: Human

Status: Out


Exit 55 Fire

Reported: February 26, 2024, 12:15 a.m.

Location: 3/4 mile N of Exit 55, I90, Black Hawk, SD (county property)

Size: 2.2 acres

Resources: Local

Cause: Human

Status: Contained on February 26, 2024, 1:45 a.m.


Piedmont Meadows Fire

Reported: February 23, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

Location: Meade County, 2 miles NW of Piedmont, SD

Size: 5 acres

Resources: Federal, State, and Local

Cause: Unknown; Investigator enroute

Status: Contained


Wind Song Fire

Reported: February 20, 2024, 3:13 p.m.

Location: 4 miles SW of Custer, SD

Size: 3.4 acres

Resources: Federal, State, and Local

Cause: Human; Investigator enroute

Status: Controlled