Tuesday, August 9, 2016

August 9, 2016

Dead Horse Fire
  • Contained @ 6:00 p.m. 08/09/2016
  • Size: 5.1 acres
  • Location: Black Hills Nat'l Forest, 3 miles West of Cheyenne Crossing
  • Federal, State, and local resources responding
  • Cause: Lightning

Higgins Fire
  • Controlled @ 8:15 p.m.  08/09/2016
  • Federal and VFD resources responding
  • Helitack and helitanker responded
  • Size: 1.22 acres
  • Location: FS land along Higgins Gulch, approx. 8 miles SW of Spearfish, SD
  • Cause: Lightning

Cold Spring Fire
  • Contained @ 3:37 p.m.
  • Size: .25 acres
  • Location: Weston County, WY
  • Federal and local resources responding
  • Cause: Lightning

Slope Fire

  • Contained @ 3:08 p.m.
  • Size: .25 acre
  • Location: NW of Rockerville near Boulder Hill
  • Federal and local resources responding
  • Cause: lightning

Other Fire Updates:
 
Quarter
  • Contained @ 11:00 p.m. 08/08/2016
  • Size: 1.9 acres
  • Location: 15 miles North of Vivian, SD
  • Federal and local resources responding
  • Cause: lightning
 
Bear Butte
  • Contained @ 11:30 p.m. on 08/08/2016
  • Location: Meade County, SD on Bear Butte
  • Federal and local resources responding
  • Size: .1 acre
  • Cause: lightning
 
North Wood Canyon
  • Contained @ 8:30 p.m. on 08/08/2016
  • Size: 6 acres
  • Location: 5 miles NE of  New Haven, WY
  • Federal and local resources responding
  • Cause: Lightning
 
Hadley

  • Controlled @ 4:30 p.m. on 08/08/2016
  • Contained @ 4:00 p.m. on 08/08/2016
  • Size: .1 acre
  • Location: West of Coal Divide and North of I-90
  • Federal and local VFD resources responded
  • Cause: lightning
Sand
  • Controlled @ 4:10 p.m. on 08/08/2016
  • Contained @ 3:00 p.m. on 08/08/2016
  • Size: .1 acre
  • Location: 2 miles North of Dugout
  • Cause: Lightning
  • Federal and local resources responded

Dugout
  • Controlled @ 5:50 p.m. on 08/08/2016
  • Contained @ 12:47 p.m. on 08/08/2016
  • Location: South of Beulah, WY
  • Size: .2 acre
  • Cause: lightning
  • Federal and local resources responded