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