1/31/17 Black Hills National Forest Pile Burning Information

Mystic fire is burning piles 4-5 miles west/northwest of Hill City, SD and near the Hill City Bunkhouses today. Smoke will be visible in Hill City and possibly the Deerfield Lake area for the next several days.

1/26/17 - 1/26/17 Black Hills National Forest Pile Burning Information

The Bearlodge Ranger District is burning piles in the Northern Bearlodge Mountains and parts of the Central Bearlodge today (1/26/17) and tomorrow (1/27/17), weather and snow conditions permitting.

1/26/17 Nebraska National Forest Pile Burning Information

The Pine Ridge Ranger District of the NNFG will be burning piles southeast of Chadron, north of Table Road in Forest Service pasture 43.  Smoke from the burning piles may be visible. Firefighters from both the Pine Ridge and Fall River Ranger Districts will work together to accomplish fuel reduction goals.

1/23/17 Black Hills National Forest Pile Burning Information

North Zone fire is burning piles in the Spearfish Mountain area today and are continuing to burn in the Timber Gulch Project area. Smoke may be visible from surrounding communities. 

January 22, 2017

Hill Top Fire

• Reported:  2:51 pm
• Location: Baretta Road (Pennington Cnty.), approximately 1.5 miles north of Highway 16
• Size: 0.25  acre
• Resources: Federal responding
• Cause: Undetermined
• Contained 1/22/17 at 4:15 pm

1/19/17 Black Hills National Forest Pile Burning Information

Northern Hills fire is burning piles today & tomorrow on the West side of Hwy 85, North of Deadwood and South of Exit 17 (I-90).

1/12/17 Black Hills National Forest Pile Burning Information

• Mystic fire will be burning piles located near the Sugar Shack, south of Merrett Estes Road today, 1/12/17.

• Northern Hills fire will be burning piles located south of Savoy to the Limestone Plateau and West of US-14A starting today and continuing over the next 2 weeks as conditions permit.

1/11/17 Black Hills National Forest Pile Burning Information

Hell Canyon fire is burning piles off of Stagg Road and 6 miles south of Custer, SD. They will also be burning near the Forest Service office in Custer, SD today, 1/11/17.

1/10/17 Black Hills National Forest Pile Burning Information

Mystic fire will be burning hand piles south of Carter Drive to McGee Siding beginning today, 1/10/17, and continuing through the week.

Mystic fire will also be burning piles on 385 today, approximately 1 to 2 miles south of the Sugar Shack. Smoke may be visible from Hwy 385, Hwy 44, Johnson Siding, Rochford, Silver City and Pactola Lake.

1/9/17 & 1/10/17 Black Hills National Forest Pile Burning Information

• Bearlodge fire is burning piles 10 miles south east of Sundance, WY today, 1/9/17.

Hill City, SD; January 9, 2017 – Forest Managers are continuing to reduce hazardous fuels across the Black Hills National Forest.

Starting tomorrow & continuing through the week, Mystic fire will be burning piles located 1/2 - 1 mile west of Hill City, SD.

Smoke will be visible and may impact local communities, including Hill City, SD. Smoldering material may continue to burn days after burning operations are completed and firefighters will monitor and check the piles for several days after they have been lit.

Piles are created from timber sale slash and tree thinning operations.

Officials appreciate the support from local communities and said that reducing fuels this time of year makes fire suppression operations safer during the summer months.

Burning operations will continue across the Black Hills National Forest this winter as conditions permit.

Public safety and firefighter safety are the top priority when considering any prescribed burn operation on the landscape.

For pile burning notifications, sign up at http://gpfireinfo.blogspot.com/.

For more information on the Black Hills National Forest, visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/blackhills.