More Fires from Recent Lightning

Update 10 a.m., Saturday, 08/08/15: 
All of the 8 wildland fires starting in BHNF region on Thursday 08/06/15 have been declared in controlled status. The final 2 to do so include:

Brown Canyon Fire

• .5 acre
• Public land, Weston Co., WY, 4 miles east of Highway 85
• Controlled: 6:45 p.m. 08/07/15

Lind Gulch Fire 

• 1.3 acres
• South of Mystic, SD on public land
• Controlled 6:51 p.m. 08/07/15

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Update 3:00 p.m. Friday, 08/07/15: All but two of yesterday's fires are now under controlled status. Those that remain in contained status as of this update include: Lind Gulch Fire and Clifton Fire.

Putnam Dam Fire

• 36 Acres
• Private land
• Controlled:12:30 p.m. 08/07/15

Valley Creek Fire

• 1 acre
• Public land
• Controlled: 12:17 p.m. 08/07/15

Hat Fire

• .51 acres
• South of Jewel Cave, Public land
• Controlled 2:38 p.m. 08/07/15

Brush Buck Fire

• 2 acres
• West of Alladin, WY along Hay Creek Rd.
• Private land
• Controlled 8:30 p.m. 08/06/15

Lind Gulch Fire 

• 1.3 acres
• South of Mystic, SD on Public land
• Contained 10:50 p.m. 08/06/15, anticipating Control by end of day 08/07/15

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Update 10:00 a.m. Friday, 08/07/15:
There were a total of 8 new fires that started throughout the Black Hills region on Thursday: 5 in South Dakota, 3 in Wyoming. All were lightning caused holdovers from the previous evening, with local volunteer, State and Federal resources responding. Special thanks to all of the out-of-area resources brought in by the Black Hills National Forest and Bureau of Land Management from Wyoming and Colorado, lending valuable support in the initial attack of these incidents. Information on these fires will continue to be updated as details become available.

Crews containing the Lind Gulch Fire, 08/06/15
Photo: Jim Burk

Putnam Dam Fire

• 36 Acres
• Private land
• Contained 9:30 a.m. 08/07/15

Clifton Fire

• 4.5 acres
• Southwest of Elk Mtn.
• Public land

Valley Creek Fire

• 1 acre
• Public land
• Contained: 8:12 p.m. 08/06/15

Griffis Well

• .01 acre
• Public land 8 miles west of Pringle, SD
• Controlled: 8:37 p.m. 08/06/15

Lind Gulch Fire 

• 1.3 acres
• South of Mystic, SD on Public land
• Contained 10:50 p.m. 08/06/15

Lind Gulch Fire from spotting scope at
Custer Peak Fire Lookout
Photo: Jon D. Anderson

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Recent lightning activity caused several more fires throughout the Black Hills today (08/06/15) with local volunteer, State and Federal resources responding. The largest was the Putnam Dam Fire located north of Edgemont, SD. Names, sizes, status and established jurisdiction of these fires will continue to be updated as details become available.

Hat Fire

• .51 acres
• South of Jewel Cave 
• Public land

Putnam Dam Fire

• 15 acres
• Approx. 14 miles north of Edgemont 

Brush Buck Fire

• 2 acres
• West of Alladin, WY along Hay Creek Rd.
• Private land

Incident #7

• North of Slate Dam

Incident #8

• Southeast of Four Corners, Weston Co., WY, East of Highway 85

Clifton Fire

• 4 miles southwest of Elk Mountain in Weston Co., WY

Valley Creek Fire

• 1 acre
• 6 miles southwest of Custer, SD