July 31, 2016

Jackpot Fire

• Location: Crook County, 7 miles SW of Sundance
• Size: 15 acres
• Resources: BHNF engine and handcrew, air attack
• Cause: Unonown

UPDATE 8-1-16 9:45

• Size: 39 acres
• 80% contained
• Resources: WY state and County

Loafman Fire

• Location: Crook County, 7 miles NW of Sundance 
• Size: 1.5 acres
• Resources: BHNF engine and guest handcrew
• Cause: Unknown

Timber Creek Fire

• Location: Ft. Pierre NG
• Size: 1.23 acres
• Resources: NBNF

Contained at 12:41pm MST

July 29th 2016

Agate Fire

• Location: Buffal Gap NG - Fairburn, 3 miles north of Hwy. 79
• Size: 17.9 acres
• Resources: NBNF and VFD
• Cause: Lightning 

July 27th, 2016

Incident #4

• Location: Crook County near Sundance, WY
• Size: Unknown
• Resources: BHNF Engines and IA Crew
• Cause: Unknown

Wildcat Fire

• Location: Custer County
• Size: 0.5 acre
• Resources: BHNF, SDS, and Air Attack
• Cause: Lightning

Rock Creek Fire

• Location: Weston County near Whoopup Canyon
• Size:0.1 acre
• Resources: BHNF
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled at 10:22am

Big Tree Fire

• Location: Fall River County, near Mt. Pleasant Valley
• Size: 0.1 acre
• Resources: BHNF
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled at 10:45am

Updates from July 26th

Gamet Fire:

• Location: 9 miles east of Smithwick, South Dakota
• Size: 706 acres
• Resources: SDS & NBNF
• Cause: Unknown

Cheyenne Fire

• Location: East of Buffalo Gap
• Size: 334 acres
• Resources: SDS
• Cause: Unknown

Missouri Fire

• Location: North Bearlodge, Beaver Dam Springs
• Size: 0.65 acre
• Resources: Federal & VFD
• Cause: Lightning

July 26th, 2016

Updated at 4:54pm MST

Missouri Fire

• Location: Near Beaver Damn Springs, north Bearlodge
• Size: 1.0 acre
• Resources: Federal and VFD
• Cause: Lightning

Newton Fire

• Location: Tigerville, off Deerfield Road
• Size: 0.38 acre
• Resources: 2 BHNF Engines, Squad, and Helicopter
• Cause: Unknown

Bachelor Draw

• Location: Custer State Park, east of West French Creek Campground
• Size: 0.10 Acre
• Resources: SDS, Federal, and Air Attack - Helicopter
• Cause: Unknown
• Contained at 12:19pm MST

Black Hill Fire

• Location: Black Tale Road, north of Warren Peak
• Size: Single Tree
• Resources: Federal
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled at 9:10am MST

July 25th

Updated at 4:05pm MST


Incident #5

• Location: National Grasslands -Stanley Co, about 8 miles north of Presho
• Size: 200 to 300 acres estimated
• Resources: NBNF, State, and VFDs
• Cause: Human

Paradise Fire

• Location: 4 miles SE of Deerfield Lake
• Size: 0.10 acre
• Resources: BHNF, SDS, VFDs
• Cause: Lightning

Elk Horn Fire

• Location: Crook County, WY, near New Haven
• Size: Estimated at 2-3 acres
• Resources: Wyoming VFDs
• Cause: Unknown

July 24, 2016

#3 (11:43 am) - False Alarm

Log Cabin (11:11 am)

• Location: 2 miles north of Hill City, SD
• Size: 0.3 acres
• Resources: Federal and VFD
• Cause: lightning

Igloo #1 (9:50 am)

• Location: 1 mile east of Bearlodge Campground, Aladdin, WY
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Resources: Federal and VFD

July 23, 2016

Willow Creek (1:54 pm)

• Location: 10 miles west Ft. Pierre, SD (Off Hwy 14/34) - private
• Size: 120 acres
• Resources: Federal and VFD
• Cause: equipment

Belmont (12:52 pm)

• Location: 10 miles south of Crawford, NE (Dawes County) - private
• Size: 17 acres
• Resources: Federal, VFD, and Tanker responding
• Cause: lightning
• 80% contained

Scholsser #3 (11:54 am)

• Location: 21 miles north of Hulett, WY
• Size: 86 acres
• Resources responding
• Containment: 100%  (1:30 pm)
• Cause: lightning

#2 (12:46 am) - False Alarm (South of Jewel Cave)

War Creek (12:30 am)

• Location: 2 miles southwest of Richland Dam, Ft. Pierre National Grassland
• Size: 619 acres
• Resources: Federal, State, and VFD including Single Engine Airtanker
• Cause: lightning

July 22, 2016

#9 (9:26 pm) - False Alarm (Stage Stop Rd & Hwy I-90)

#8 (5:38 pm) - False Alarm (7 miles southwest of Sundance, WY)

#7 (5:15 pm) - False Alarm (North Hwy 16 from Pleasant Valley Road)

Spillway #6 (5:06 pm)

• Location: South Shore of Lake Oahe, Pierre SD
• Size: 30 acres (grassland)
• Resources: Federal and VFD
• Cause: under investigation
• 100% Contained (10:00 pm)

Creek CA (3:48 pm)

• Location: 6 miles north of Spearfish, SD (4 miles west of Jolly Dump)
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Resources: Federal state
• Cause: lightning

Kennedy (1:24 pm)

• Location: Kennedyville, SD
• Size: 0.58 acres
• Resources: Federal
• Cause: human 
• 100% Contained (5:26 pm)

#3 (1:00 pm) - False Alarm (2 miles south of Galena)

Golf Course CA (12:56 pm)

• Location: Mile marker 12 off I-90 west of Spearfish, SD (Lawrence County)
• Size: 2.4 acres
• Resources: Federal
• Cause: lightning
• 100% Contained

Shamrock CA (10:14 am)

• Location: 4 miles northeast of Ft. Pierre, SD
• Size: 1.08 acres
• Resources: Federal
• Cause: unknown
• Contained

July 21, 2016

14A #2 (1:47 pm)

• Location: Law County, 2 miles northwest of Spearfish, SD
• Size: 0.1 ac
• Resources Federal, VFD, and SD Police Department
• Cause: unknown
• Out (2:40 pm)

Harmony (1:04 pm)

• Location: Fall River County, 10 miles southwest of Oelrichs, SD
• Size: .64 ac
• Resources: Federal, State, and Visiting Engines
• Cause: human - equipment

July 20, 2016

Gordon #4 (6:23 pm)

• Location: 3 miles west of Sheridan Lake, SD up Golden Gulch Road (Pennington County)
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Resources: Federal and VHD responding
• Cause: Lightning

#3 (5:54 pm) - False Alarm

#2 (1:32 pm) - False Alarm

July 19, 2016

Blind Park (4:23 pm)

• Location: 8 miles south of Hardy Guard Station, South Dakota
• Size: 0.44 acres
• Resources: Federal
• Cause: lightning

Larson (3:12 pm)

• Location: 7.5 miles northwest of Sundance, Wyoming (Crook County)
• Size: 0.56 acres
• Resources: Federal
• Cause: lightning

Bethlehem #3 (1:33 pm)

• Location: Near Bethlehem Cave, 3.5 miles west of Tilford, SD
• Size: 0.3 acres
• Resources: Federal and State
• Cause: unknown

Fisher Creek #2 (1:30 pm)

• Location: Fall River County, 13 miles southwest of Oelrichs, SD (.5 miles from SD/NE line)
• Size: 56 acres
• Resources: Federal and State
• Cause: Man made - equipment on private land
• 100% Contained (12:09pm)

Stumpy #1 (11:58 am)

• Location: Top of Vanocker Canyon Road, 4 miles southwest of Sturgis, SD
• Size: 0.1 acres
• Resources responding
• Cause: lightning
• Out: 2:30 pm

July 18, 2016

Wapati (6:30 pm)

• Located in Weston County, 4 miles NNE of Four Corners, Wyoming
• Size: .10 acres

Smith (2:18 pm)

• Located 4 miles west of Bear Mountain
• Forest service and Helicopter 7TA responded
• Size: 1 acre
• Cause: Lightning

Huseby (1:20 pm)

• Located North of Manly Heel, 5 miles east of Devil's Tower
• Federal resources responded
• Size: .10 acres
• Contained
• Cause: Lightning

Meadow (11:36 am)

• Located in Summit Ridge, Pennington County on the Wyoming/South Dakota border
• Size: 2-3 acres
• Cause: lightning
• Federal, BLM and VFD resources responded

Whitehorse (11:03 am)

• Located in Pennington County between Custer and Hill City; about 4 miles southwest of Hill City
• Federal, State, and VFD resources responded along with a Type 3 helicopter
• Cause: unknown lightning
• Size: .5 acres 2 acres

Cliff (10:46 pm)

• Located in the Dawes County cliff area
• Size: .10 acres
• Controlled

Bear (4:58 am)

• Located in Custer County, Approximately 10 miles northeast of Jewel Cave near Pennington County border
• Size: .10 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• Federal resources responded
• Fire is controlled

Pine Grove (1:56 am)

• Located in Pennington County, 2 miles southeast of Reptile Gardens
• Size: .10 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• Federal, State and Rockerville VFD resources responded
• Fire is contained

Indian Canyon Fire

For more information on this fire, please call our normal Fire Information number: 923-8868

The Incident Commander asks that all onlookers stay out of the area!!!
Update 10:51 am July 20, 2016
Fire is 100% contained!

Update 8:30 am July 20, 2016
Fire is 85% contained!

Update 8:00 am July 19, 2016
After GPS analysis, the Indian Canyon Fire size has been set at 14,133 acres.  Containment is still 60%.  No injuries and no structure loss have occurred.  However, significant loss to range land and hay have been reported.  The fire impacted approximately 12 privately owned ranches, as well as Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management areas.
Today's priorities are for crews to maintain lines around the fire for containment and mop-up.  Resources are starting to be demobilized and the fire is expected to be downsized in the next few days.
The Incident Commander continues to ask that all onlookers stay out of the area. 

Update 6:30 pm July 18, 2016
Fire is estimated to be 13,500 acres

Update 4:06 pm July 18, 2016

The fire is 60% contained!

Update 9:00 am July 18, 2016

Containment remains at 0%.  Today's priorities are for crews to establish lines around the fire for containment and mop-up.  Rain last night helped to hold the fire, but high temperatures and wind predicted for this afternoon are a concern.

Fifty to sixty engines and tenders are on scene as well as six hand crews and three single engine tanks.  Yesterday, a very heavy air tanker (VLAT), one of only three in the country was brought in to drop fire retardant.  Between 150-200 personnel from federal, state, and local fire departments and emergency services have responded.


Evacuation orders for the Cottonwood subdivision have been lifted.  Currently there are no road closures, but the Incident Commander asks that all onlookers stay out of the area.
Update 7:00 am July 18, 2016

The fire is holding at 12,000 acres and containment will be assessed this morning.




Update 8:00 pm July 17, 2016

• Fire is now up to 12,000 acres
• A Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) is on scene
• A Type 1 Incident Team has been ordered
• Cottonwood Heights, a small subdivision of about 20 residences, south of Edgemont has been evacuated.
• Fire is 0% contained

Indian Canyon (5:02 pm July 16, 2016)

• Located 5 miles SE of Edgemont, SD
• Nebraska National Forest, Black Hills National Forest, SD Wildland Fire, South Dakota Single Engine Air Tankers (SEAT) and Nebraska SEAT responded
• Fire is up to 6,000 acres
• Estimated at 8,000-9,000 acres
• Cause: Lightning

July 17,2016

#5 (2:08 pm) FALSE ALARM

32A (1:00 pm)

• Located in Dawes County, pasture 32A
• Fire is controlled and contained
• Cause: Lightning

Red Hill (11:57 am)

• Located in Lawrence County, 5 miles northwest of Spearfish
• .7 acres
• Controlled at .2 acres at 12:51 pm
• Human caused
• Forest service and a helicopter responded

Raven Road (11:14 am)

• Located in Dawes County, off Raven Road
• 5.88 acres
• Nebraska resources responded
• Caused by lightning and is contained

#1 Seeley (8:08 am)

• Located in Crook County, 10 miles east of Sundance, Wyoming
• Size: 5 acres 3 acres
• Federal and aerial resources responded
• Caused by lightning

Updates from yesterday's fires are below.

July 16, 2016

Sletto (10:36 pm)

• Located in Stanley County, Nebraska grasslands
• Controlled at 4.66 acres

Walden Hills (9:37 pm)

• Located in Fall River County, 1 mile northwest of Agate Dam
• Size: 6.26 acres

#14 (8:35 pm) FALSE ALARM

Rock Bass (7:50 pm)

• Located in Rock Bass Reservoir, Nebraska
• Size: 30 acres

Sawmill (7:20 pm)

• Located in Lawrence County in the Whitewood Area
• Controlled at .10 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• State and VFD resources responded

OAK (7:15 pm)

• Located on Elk Creek Road in Piedmont
• Contained at .10 acres

#10 (6:16 pm) FALSE ALARM

• Located in Nebraska, north of Crawford
• Nebraska and VFD resources are responding

Rock #9 (6:31 pm)

• Located in the Piedmont area
• State and VFD resources are responding
• Contained at 309 acres

#8 (6:15 pm) FALSE ALARM

#7 (5:33 pm) FALSE ALARM

Shannon (5:29 pm)

• Located 4 miles east of Jewel Cave
• Cause: Lightning
• Size: .10 acres
• Federal and VFD resources responded
• Fire is out 

Rocky (5:24 pm)

• Located in Fall River County on Rocky Ford Road south of Hot Springs
• Size: 1.6 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• State and VFD on scene
• Contained

#4 (5:16 pm) FALSE ALARM

• Located in Lawrence County near Spearfish Canyon Lodge

Indian Canyon (5:02 pm)

• Located 5 miles SE of Edgmont, SD
• Nebraska National Forest, Black Hills National Forest, SD Wildland Fire, Sout Dakota Single Engine Air Tankers (SEAT) and Nebraska SEAT responded
• Fire is up to 6,000 acres

Gose Fire (10:44 am)

• Located in Crook County, Wyoming; west of Macuma Reservoir
• .10 acres
• Cause: Unknown
• Federal resources responded 
• Contained

Timber Fire (6:50 am)

• Located in Lawrence County, south of Iron Creek Lake
• .10 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• Federal resources responded with a heavy helicopter
• Estimated containment at 2 pm
• Estimated control at 4 pm
• Controlled at .25 acres

July 15, 2016

Hwy 36 Fire

• Reported at 3:47 pm
• Located in Custer County, 4 miles southwest of Hermosa
• Cause is unknown.
• State, Federal and aerial resources responded
• Size: 100 acres
• Cause is human
• Contained at 71.4 acres

Limestone Fire

• Reported at 11:35 am
• Located 1.5 miles west of Cheyenne Crossing
• .10 acres
• Caused by lightning
• State, Federal and Helicopter 7TA responded

M Hill Fire

• Reported at 7 pm on July 13, 2016
• Size is 13.36 acres
• 0% contained, but that number will change today
• Some trails will be reopened today
• For more information, contact Jim Bussell at 605-863-0061

Thunderhead Fire

• Reported at 12:56 p.m.
• Located in Pennington County, near Thunderhead Falls
• Size is .25 acres
• State and volunteer resources responded
• Contained at 1:42 p.m. and controlled at 2:09 p.m.
• Cause is unknown and an investigator has been ordered

Wildfires July 12, 2016

9825 Wildfire

Reported:  5:45 am
Location:  Private property off Sheridan Lake Road, SW of Rapid City
Size:  .25 acres
Resources:  State and Federal Engines responded
Cause:  unknown
Controlled

Wildfires July 11, 2016

Annie Wildfire

Reported:  9:15 am

Location:  1/2 mile NW of Cheyenne Crossing up Spearfish Canyon

Size:  .25 acre
Resources: State and Federal resources responding.  Air resources have been ordered.
Cause:  Unknown
Contained at 1.2 acres at 1:31 pm

Red Canyon Fire update

Updated at 2:40 pm, 7/11/16

Red Canyon Fire

• Size: 13 acres
• Location: Custer County, approximately 6 miles west of Argyle
• Resources: SDS Engines, BHNF Engines, four crews, helicopter, two heavy air tankers, and a SEAT
• Cause: Lightning
• Contained

Whitewood Peak Fire 

• Size: 0.10 acre
• Location: Whitewood Peak (halfway up) 
• Resources: SDS and BHNF engines 
• Cause: Lightning 
• Controlled: 7:30pm MST 

Korko CA Fire

• Size: 250 acres 
• Location: 12 miles east of Pierre 
• Resources: NBNF 
• Cause:Combine
• Contained: 7:30pm MST

Boulder Creek Fire

• Size: 0.10 acre
• Location: Camp 5 Area
• Resources: BHNF
• Cause: Unknown
• Controlled: 10:45am MST

July 7th

Updates from July 7th at 9:10pm MST

Moondance Fire

• Size: 1.3 acres
• Location: 2 miles west of Argyle
• Resources: SDS - Engines, BHNF - Engines & Tatanka Hotshots, VFD's, and SEAT
• Cause: Unknown

Witch Spring Fire

• Size: Estimated at 0.30 acre
• Location: 6 miles west of Wind Cave National Park
• Resources: NPS, SDS, BHNF, and air attack
• Cause: Lightning 

Dakota Fire

• Size: 0.10
• Location: Piedmont
• Resources: SDS
• Cause: Powerline arc to tree
• Out: 3:45pm MST

Teepee Fire

• Size: 0.10 acre
• Location: 6 miles W. of Jewel Cave
• Resources: BHNF
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled: Estimated at 2:00pm MST

Updates from July 6th

Browning Fire

• Size: Estimated at 1000 acres
• Location: Crook County WY.
• Resources: State and County
• Cause: Lightning

Seventy Fire

• Size: 0.25 acre
• Location: Lawrence County, 9 miles SW of Spearfish
• Resources: BHNF
• Cause: Lightning

July 6th

Angus Fire  Updated at 7:31 MST

• Size: 0.10 Acre
• Location: Pennington County - Black Hawk
• Resources: Black Hawk FD
• Cause: Lightning
• Out: 1858

Madden Fire

• Size: 5.7 Acres
• Location: Fall River County, 6 miles SE of Oelrichs
• Resources: NBNF
• Cause: Lightning

Dana Fire

• Size: 0.25 Acre
• Location: Fall River County, 3 miles NW of Hot Springs
• Resources: Ordered 
• Cause:Lightning 

Callan Fire

• Size: 0.10 Acre
• Location:Custer County, Pleasant Valley Road
• Resources: BHNF
• Cause:Lightning 

Hall Fire

• Size: 1.02 acre
• Location: Fall River Co, 8 Miles NW of Edgemont 
• Resources: SDS and NBNF 
• Cause: Lightning 

Browning Fire

• Size: Unknown
• Location: Crook Co, 7 Miles West of Inya Kara
• Resources: BHNF and Heavy Tanker and handcrew order 
• Cause: Lightning

Peterson Fire

• Size: 0.10 acre
• Location: SE of Sundance, WY.
• Resources: PSF Engine
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled: 1630

July 5  Updated at 7:38pm MST

Silver City Fire

• Size: 0.10 acre
• Location: Silver City Road and Jenney Gulch
• Resources:BHNF 
• Cause:Unknown
• Controlled at 1810 

Billy Goat Jump Fire

• Size: 0.10 acre
• Location: North of Fort Pierre
• Resources: NBNF and VFD
• Cause: Unknown

Cobalt CA Fire

• Size: 1.7 acres
• Location: North of Rapid City
• Resources: SDS, BHNF, and VFD
• Cause: Unknown

Incident #2 - False Alarm 

• Size: Unknown
• Location: North of Bear Lodge
• Resources: BHNF and Pike NF Engine
• Cause: Unknown

Putnam Fire

• Size: 1.0 acre
• Location: West of Pilger Mountain
• Resources: BHNF, SDS, & VFD
• Air Attack: Type 1 Helicopter and SEAT ordered
• Cause: Unknown, under investigation

Corner Fire

• Size: 20 acres
• Location: Private - Fall River County
• Resources: NBNF and VFD
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled at 10:45pm 07/04/2016

Football CA

• Size: 0.10 acre
• Location: City of Fort Pierre
• Resources: County and NBNF
• Cause: Human
• Controlled at 8:50pm MST 07/04/2016

July 4  Updated at 4:08pm

Independence Fire

• 0.10 acre
• Three miles West of Tilford
• Resources dispatched: SDS & BHNF
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled at 1525

Syndicate Fire

• 0.4 acres
• Meade County, SD behind national cemetery
• Resources dispatched: SD State, BHNF
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled at 0840

Hideaway Fire

• 0.63 acres
• On Black Hills Nat'l Forest near Strawberry Hill
• Resources dispatched: SD State, BHNF, and BLM Monte Vista engine
• Cause: Human
• Fire Investigator ordered
• Controlled at 1500 on 07/03/2016

July 3rd

Hideaway

•     Started 9:38 a.m.
•     .63 acres
•     On Black Hills Nat'l Forest near Strawberry Hill
•     Cause Unknown
•     Resources dispatched: SD State, BHNF, and BLM Monte Vista engine
•     Contained at 12.32 p.m.

Syndicate 

•     0.2  acres
•     Meade County, SD behind national cemetery 
•     Cause Unknown
•     Resources dispatched: SD State, BHNF

July 2nd

Butte 

• On South end of Missouri Buttes
• 3 mi northwest of Devil's Tower
• 12 acres -updated
• Cause unknown  
• Resources have responded
• Helicopter has been dispatched

Spring Creek

• North of Belle Fourche River in Crook County
• 3.5 acres -updated
• Resources have responded
• Controlled 

Verendrye 

• Verendrye Monument, Ft. Pierre 
• 0.25 acre
• Resources responded.  
• Controlled 

Two Tree

• Crook County, Wyoming 
• 0.10 acre
• Lightning caused
• Local and federal resources responded
• Controlled

June 30th

Streeter 

• Buffalo Gap area
• 1.7 acres
• Controlled