July 31st

Strawberry CA 1:29 pm

• Location: 8 miles north of Hulett, WY
• Size: 191 acres
• Cause: human
• Resources on scene

Devil's Canyon 3:45 pm

• Location: east of Edgemont, 2 miles south of Flint Hill
• Size:  8.75 acres
• Cause: lightning
• Resources on scene

Blowout CA 2:04 pm

• Location: north of Oahe Dame
• Size: .1 acres
• Resources on scene

July 30th

Irish 9:01 am

• Abandoned campfire

Strawberry CA 1:29 pm

• Located 8 miles north of Hulett, WY
• Size: 191 acres
• Human caused
• Resources on scene

Devil's Canyon 3:43 pm

• Located east of Edgemont, 2 miles south of Flint Hill
• Size: 4 acres
• Cause: lightning
• Resources on scene
• 75% contained

July 25, 2017

Mowree 12:34 pm

• Location: South of Presho near White River
• Size: 3.7 acres

Pine Glen 12:58 pm

• Location: North of Ainsworth
• Size: 5 acres

7/23/17 - 7/24/17

7/24/17

Chilson Wildfire 5:50 am

• Location: 4 mi S of Minnekahta
• Size: 10 acres 20 acres  40-50 acres 33.4 acres (7/25 update)
• Resources on scene:
• 4 engines
• 3 hand crews
• Type 3 helicopter
• 1 SEAT
• 2 Black Hawk Helicopters
• Cause: unknown Lightning

Photo Credit: Mark Menning, Black Hat Crew Boss

Photo Credit: Mark Menning, Black Hat Crew Boss

Photo Credit: Mark Menning, Black Hat Crew Boss

Boardinghouse  8:59 am

•  Location: Black Buttes, Bearlodge in Wyoming 
• Size: .1 acre
• Cause: Lightning
• Contained and controlled

Griggs 10:58 am

• Location: Grigg's Gulch, Lawrence County, South of Crow Peak
• Size: .25 acres  1 acre 1.5 acres
• Resources on scene
• Cause: Lightning
• Contained

#4 False Alarm 11:14 am

• Location: Spearfish Mountain 

#5 False Alarm 1:16 pm
 
Gooseberry  1:19 pm

• Location: East of Summit Ridge 
• Size: 1 acre 3 acres 3.17 acres
• Controlled
• Cause: Lightning

Spring Creek 2:59 pm

•  Location: Crook County
• Size: 2 acres
• Contained at 8:00 pm

Burno 3:19 pm

• Location: Spearfish Mountain
• Size: 1 acre
• Resources on scene
• Cause: Lightning
• Contained at 7:45 pm

#9 5:55 pm

• Location: Crook County, WY

#10 7:46 pm

• Location: Crook County, WY

7/23/17


Hylle Wildfire

• Location: off Hazel Rod rd, approx. 1.5 miles SW of Stockade Lake, outside of Custer, SD
• Size: 0.25 acres
• Resources on scene
• Contained and Controlled

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Negabauer Wildfire

• Location: Approx. 19 miles S of Edgemont, SD/near the SD/NE state line
• Size: 36 acres (updated 7/23)
• Resources on scene
• There was a flair up on 7/23 which increased the size to 36 acres
• No new containment since the flair up. There was original containment on the 22nd at 10pm.

Black Hill Wildfire 

• Location: Approx. 4 miles SW of Cook Lake, WY on Forest Service land
• Size: 1.91 acres
• Resources on scene
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled (updated 7/23)

Crow Wildfire 

• Location: N of Crow Peak near Spearfish, SD
• Size: 1.2 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• Contained

Friday, July 21, 2017

NOTE: Smoke drifts in the Black Hills area today are coming from the Lodgepole Complex fire along the Missouri River in Central Montana: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5399/. 

For more information on smoke management, see: http://gpfireinfo.blogspot.com/p/smoke-management.html.



8 p.m.

Mahoney Wildfire

• Location: Mahoney Draw, approx. 3.5 miles NW of Cook Lake in WY on county.
• Size: 0.67 acre
• Contained

Manly Wildfire

• Location: Approx. 7 miles SW of Cook Lake in WY on county.
• Size: 1 acre
• Contained

209 Wildfire

• Location: Off of Blacktail Rd,, approx. 4 miles West of Cook Lake in WY on county.
• Size: 0.1 acre
• Contained

Russel Wildfire

• Location: Off of Blacktail Rd, approx. 6 miles East of Devil's Tower in WY on Forest Service land.
• Size: 0.1 acre
• Contained

Geis Wildfire

• Location: Approx. 0.5 miles East of Gets Reservoir in WY on county
• Size: 0.16 acre
• Contained

4:30 p.m.

Sun Ridge Wildfire

• A final update on the Sun Ridge Fire can be found here http://bit.ly/2uJ90kz (updated 7/22)
• For more information on the Sun Ridge wildfire, contact Public Information Officer: Jim Bussell, 605-863-0061
• Location: Approx. 1 mile west of Rapid City, off of Nemo Rd.
• Size: 1.5 acres
• 70% contained
• Fire crews continue to put in and reinforce hand-line around the fire.
• No structures threatened
• Resources: Local, VFDs, Federal and State
• Cause: unknown

3:40 p.m.

SourDough Wildfire

• Location: Approx. 7 miles North of Hulett, WY in Crook County, WY on private
• Size: 10 acres (updated 7/22)
• Contained

Martin Wildfire

• Location: 1 mi NE of Richardson Well, West of Pleasant Valley Rd. Approx. 17.5 miles SW of Custer, SD
• Size: 8.25 acres (updated 7/22)
• Resources on scene

Teddy Bear Wildfire

• Location: Approx. 7.5 miles SW of Rochford, SD
• Size: 0.1 acre
• Cause: Unknown

Shaw Wildfire

• Location: NE of Devils Tower/Northern Bearlodge on private
• Size: 0.65 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• Contained at 3:15 p.m.

12:02 p.m.

Togus Wildfire

• Location: 9 miles north of Sundance, WY
• Size: 0.1 acre (single tree)
• Cause: Lightning
• Resources: Federal
• Controlled

10:19 a.m.

Eden Wildfire

• Location: NE of I-90 between Whitewood and Sturgis Remmington Pl on private
• Size: 0.1 acre (single tree)
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled

Thursday July 20, 2017

Brownlee Wildfire 
Reported: 3:30 pm, July 19
Location: South of Valentine, NE
Size: 1 acre
Cause: Lightning
Contained

North 2 Wildfire
Reported: 11:33 pm, July 19
Location: 2 miles east of Halsey, NE
Size: 15 acres
Resources: state and local
Cause: Lightning
Contained

Big Canyon Wildfire 
Reported: 6:20 am, July 20
Location: 4 miles so. of Chadron, NE
Size: .1 acre
Resources: Federal and Local
Cause: Lightning

July 19, 2017

Hell Canyon Wildfire
Reported:  11:19 am, July 19
Location:  Approximately 2 miles south of Jewell Cave west of Custer, SD
Size:  3.45 acres (on Forest Service land)
Resources:  Federal 
Cause:  Lightning

Selenium Wildfire
Reported:  1:26 pm, July 19
Location:  5 miles east of Provo (down by Edgemont)
Size:  29 acres (on Private land)
Resources:  State and Federal
Cause:  Lightning


Griffis Wildfire - Update
Reported:  2:54 pm, July 18
Location:  6 miles west of Custer and 3 miles south. West of Pleasant Valley Road
Size: .25-.50  .2 acres
Resources: Federal
Cause:  Unknown Lightning
Contained and Controlled

Lyman Wildfire - Update
Reported:  1:17 pm, July 18
Location:  On Forest Service land, approximately 6 miles south of Jewel Cave
Size:  3  5.2acres
Resources: Federal and State
Cause:  Unknown Lightning
Contained and Controlled

July 18, 2017

Griffis Wildfire
Reported:  2:54 pm, July 18
Location:  6 miles west of Custer and 3 miles south. West of Pleasant Valley Road
Size: .25-.50 acres
Resources: Federal
Cause:  Unknown

Lyman Wildfire
Reported:  1:17 pm, July 18
Location:  On Forest Service land, approximately 6 miles south of Jewel Cave
Size:  3 acres
Resources: Federal and State
Cause:  Unknown

Needles Wildfire
Reported:  7:21 pm, July 17
Location:  Cathedral Spires - Custer State Park
Size:  .1 acre
Cause:  Unknown


Wanblee Timber Wildfire - UPDATE

Reported:  5:37 pm, July 16
Location:  10 miles south of Wanblee, SD
Size:  3500  4000 acres
Resources:  Federal / State / Local / Tribal

Currently managed by Rocky Mountain Type 2 Incident Management Team
For fire information, call (303) 589-2179.

Wanblee Timber Wildfire - July 16

Reported:  5:37 pm, July 16
Location:  10 miles south of Wanblee, SD
Size:  3500 acres
Resources:  Federal / State / Local / Tribal  and 2 Single Engine Tankers

• Currently managed by Type 3 Unified Command
• Type 2 Incident Mangement Team ordered

Cause:  Unknown

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Big Mud Fire

Location: 1 mile east of WY border on the Black Hills National Forest, SD
Size: 0.1 acre
Status: Contained at 5:00 pm

Saturday, July 15, 2017 - Updated at 6:15 pm

Clog Fire
Location: West of Sheridan Lake on the Black Hills National Forest in SD
Size: 0.1 acre
Status: Controlled at 6 pm

850 Campfire Fire
Location: Near Bear Lodge, WY on Black Hills National Forest land
Size: 0.1
Status: Controlled at 5 pm

Previously Reported Fires with Updates Highlighted:

Sherrard Hill Fire
Location: West side of Bear Lodge Mountain, WY on USFS Black Hills National Forest
Reported today, July 15, at 12:45 pm
Size Update: 0.76 acre
Status Update: Contained at 5:15 pm

Veteran Fire
Location: West Ash Road, south east of Crawford, NE on private land
Reported yesterday, July 14, at 3 pm
Size: 2.7 acres
Status: Contained on July 14 at 5:15 pm

Friday, July 14, 2017

Isham Fire
Location: 7 miles north of Chadron, NE on private land
Size: 1.7 acre (size updated at 2:30 pm) 
Status: Contained at 12:00 pm

Elmo Fire
Location: St. Elmo Peak, northwest of Keystone, SD
Size: 0.2 acre
Reported on July 13 at 5:44 pm
Status: Controlled at 9:50 am on July 14

Simpkins Draw Fire 
Status Update: Controlled at 10:38 am on July 14

Cow Fire
Status Update: Controlled at 1:00 pm on July 14

Thursday, July 13, 2017 - Updated at 7:10 pm

Elmo Fire 
Location: Top of Mount Elmo, 2 miles NW of Keystone, SD

Simkins Draw Fire

Location: Spring Creek on USFS Black Hills National Forst - Pennington County 

Size: 0.5 acre

Status: Resources responding

Twin Sisters Fire

Location: 2 miles south of Comanche Park, Black Hills National Forest 

Size: 1.6 acres

Status: Controlled

Rim Rock Fire

Location: 4 miles west of Hot Springs, SD private
Size 0.38 acre
Status: Contained 

Previously reported fires with updates highlighted

Cow Fire
Location: One mile northwest of Hazelrodt Campground (Custer County) on Black Hills National Forest
Size: 1.6 acres
Status: Local, state, federal resources responding

French Fire
Location: One mile west of Hazelrodt Campground (Custer County)on Black Hills National Forest
Size: 0.1 acre
Status: Controlled

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 - Updated at 6:15 pm

6:15 pm status updates - highlighted below

Hotshot Fire
Location: Near Tatanka Hotshot Base, Custer County, Black Hills National Forest
Size: 0.3 acre
Status: Federal and state resources responding. One helicopter assigned.
Status Update: Contained at 4:10 pm; Controlled at 4:55 pm 

Whitewood Hill Fire
Location: On private land near Oak Park in Whitewood, SD
Size: 0.1 acre
Status: Local and federal resources responding
Status Update: Contained and Controlled at 3:00 pm 


East Fire Update
Status Update: Contained at 7:00 pm on July 11
See previous post for more details

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - Updated at 7:15 pm

Oak Creek Fire
Location: 7 miles north of Bearlodge, WY private 
Size: 5.35 acres
Status:contained at 7:00 pm

Lonesome Tree Fire
Location: West of Blacktail Creek, SD
Size: 0.1 acre
Status: Contained at 2:32 pm

Bee Keeper Fire 
Location: Mile Marker 98 on Interstate 90, SD
Size: 22 acres
Status Update: Controlled

Custer Fire 
Location: Deerfield Lake, SD
Size: 0.1 acre
Status: Contained at 12:20 pm

East Fire 
Location: East of Tilford, SD
Size: 3.7 acres
Status: Federal & state resources responding

Emerald Fire Update
Location: Off Nemo Road on the Black Hills National Forest
Size Update: 1.28 acres
Local, state, and federal resources responding
Status Update:  Contained at 3:24 pm 


Kirk Fire
Status Update: Controlled as of July 10

Short Track Fire
Status Update: Contained as of July 10

Monday, July 10, 2017 - Updated at 4:30 pm

Kirk Fire
Location: 3 miles north of Brownsville, SD
Size: 0.1 acre
Reported at 2:41 pm
Status: Local and federal resources responding

Short Track Fire
Location: Off Boulder Canyon Road, Meade County, SD
Size: 0.8 acre
Reported at 2:26 pm
Status: Local and federal resources responding


Previous Information

East Ardmore Fire

Location: 8 miles southwest of Oelrichs, SD
Size: 0.1 acre
Reported at 7:57 pm on July 9
Status: Contained at 9:05 pm on July 9

East Oahe Fire Update 
Size Update: 0.9 acre
Status Update: Contained at 8:40 pm on July 9 

Sunday, July 9, 2017 - Updated at 9:00 pm

Ackerman Fire
Location: Inside city limits of Black Hawk, SD
Size: 0.1 acre
Reported at 8:23 pm
Status: Controlled

Rocky Top Fire 
Location: Private land along Rockyford Road, SD
Size: 1.75 acres
Reported at 7:36 pm
Status: Resources responding

East Oahe Fire 

Location: 6 miles north of Pierre, SD
Size: 1.5 acres
Reported at 7:32 pm
Status: Resources responding

Apple Tree Fire Update

Size: 9.57 acres 

Status: Contained at 2:52 pm
(See July 8 blog post for more information) 

Saturday, July 8, 2017 - Updated

Updated at 7:30 pm, July 8

Bison Fire
Location: Custer State Park, along Wilderness Loop Southeast of horse camp
Size: .7 acres
Cause: Lightning
Federal resources are responding.
Status: Contained at 4:20 pm 

Apple Tree Fire
Location: Custer State Park, along Wilderness Loop Southeast of horse camp
Size: 5.53 acres
Cause: Lightning
State & Federal resources are responding.

South Slate Fire
Location: 10 miles West of Hill City
Size: Single-tree
Cause: Lightning
Contained @ 7:35 a.m., Controlled @ 9:30 a.m.
Federal, State, and local resources responded.

Old Mike Fire
Location: Black Hills National Forest, West of mile marker 62 on Sylvan Lake Road
Size: .1 acres
Cause: Lightning
Contained @ 11:15 p.m. 7/7/2017, Controlled @ 11:30 p.m. 7/7/2017
Federal, State & local resources responded.

Friday, July 7, 2017 - UPDATED

UPDATED 5:29 p.m. 7/7/2017

Holland Fire
Location: Private land, 8 miles East of Ardmore, SD
Size: 4 acres
Cause: machinery
Contained & Controlled @ 8:03 p.m.
Federal & State resources responded

Path Fire
Location: Black Hills National Forest, approx. 7 miles South of Jewel Cave
Size: .5 acres
Cause: Unknown
Controlled @ 6.50 p.m.
Federal & local resources responded

Prairie Dog Fire
Location: Wind Cave National Park, approx. 1.5 miles Northeast of Visitor's Center
Size: 2 acres
Cause: Lightning
Contained @ 5:57 p.m.
Federal, State, local resources responded

Bowl Fire
Location: State land, South of Buffalo Gap, SD
Size: .2 acres
Cause: Lightning
Controlled @ 3:13 p.m.
State resources responded

Big Top Fire
Location: Private land within Bearlodge Ranger District
Size: .25 acre
Cause: Farm Equipment
Out @ 1:50 p.m.
Federal resources responded

Trash Pile Fire
Location: South of Hot Springs, SD
Size: .1 acre
Cause: Unknown
Controlled & Contained @ 1:32 p.m.
Federal, State, & local resources responded

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Updated @ 10:25 p.m. 

Leelee Fire
Location: Private land, 1 mile North of Soldier Creek Wilderness near Fort Robinson, NE
Size: .1 acre
Cause: Lightning
Contained @ 10:09 p.m.
Federal and local VFD resources responded

Boots Fire
Location: Federal land in Soldier Creek Wilderness near Fort Robinson, NE
Size: .1 acre
Cause: Lightning
Contained @ 10:20 p.m.
Federal and local VFD resources responded


Old Baldy Fire
Location: Lawrence County, SD
Size: 0.1 acre
Reported at 5:50 pm on July 5
Status: Controlled on July 5

Wednesday, July 5, 2017, Updated

Updated at 6:30 pm 

Slash Fire
Location: North of Angostura
Size: 0.1 acre
Reported at 4:49
Status: Controlled

West Imlay Fire
Location: 2 miles south of Scenic, SD on the Buffalo Gap National Grassland
Size: 0.76 acre
Reported at 4:24 pm
Status: Contained 

Dalton Fire
Status Update: Controlled 

Updated at 3:15 pm

Dalton Fire
Location: Near Dalton Lake on Black Hills National Forest
Size: 0.25 acre
Reported at 1:33 pm
Status: Resources responding

Original Post from 10:45 am

Sidney Park Fire

Location: South of Custer, SD on Black Hills National Forest
Size: 0.1 acre
Reported at 9:18 am
Status: Contained and Controlled at 10:30 am


West Slope Fire

Status Update: Contained at 6:20 pm on July 4
See July 4 blog for details

Tuesday, July 4: Updated at 8:15 pm

DAM Fire 

Location: about half a mile southwest of Sturgis, SD on the Black Hills National Forest.  
Size: 0.1 acre
Status: Contained


The following information was updated at 5:15 pm on July 4:

West Slope Fire

Location: East of Custer State Park

Size: 0.25 acres

Reported at 3:56 pm

Status: Resources responding

Spring Creek Fire

Location: Southwest of Hill City, SD

Size: 0.1 acre

Reported at 10:00 am

Status: Contained at 1:45 pm 

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Erickson Fire

Location: Erickson Ranch Road, Mead County, SD

Size: 0.19 acres 

Reported at 9:56 pm on July 3

Status: Controlled

Roger Spring Fire

Location 5 miles east of SD/WY border and 3 miles north of Pennington County line. 
Size: 1 acre

Reported at 6:14 pm on July 3

Status: Contained

Middle Fork

Location: Middle Fork, Soldier Creek Wilderness, Nebraska

Size: 3 acres

Reported 4:55 pm on July 3

Status: Contained 

Previously Reported Fires Status Updates: 

Tower Fire

Status: Contained

See July 3 blog post for details

Salt Creek Fire

Status: Controlled 

See July 3 blog post for details

Monday, July 3, 2017 Updated at 3 pm

Tower Fire

Location: 2 miles south of Scott Lookout Tower, Bessey Ranger District, Halsey, NE  

Size: 2 acres 

Reported at 2:05 pm

No containment

Salt Creek Fire

Location: 10 miles north of Newcastle, WY  

Size: 0.25 acre

Reported at 1:50 pm

No containment

Painter Fire

Location: Custer County, SD 

Size: 4 acres

Reported at 10:48 am

100% containment at 1:56 pm 

Freeland Fire

Location: 7 miles southeast of Elk Mountain

Size: 0.1 acre

Reported at 10:48 am

100% contained at 1:59 pm 

5 Pole Fire

Location: west of Hot Springs, near VA
Size: 0.1 acre
Resources: State
Cause: lightning
Status: controlled

Sunday, July, 2, 2017

Updated  7/3/2017 9:50 AM

Skinny fire
Location: 10 miles west of Ardmore
Size: 0.5
Resources: local
Cause: lightning
Status: controlled

Camp Creek Fire
Location: Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, 12 miles west of Ardmore, SD
Size: 17.9 acres
Resources: Federal
Cause: lightning
Status: contained

Pisgah Fire
Location: 10 miles north of Newcastle, WY
Size: 0.1 acre
Resources: Federal and local
Cause: lightning
Status: controlled

Provo Fire
Location: 2.5 acres south of Provo, SD
Size: 18.59 acres
Resources: Federal and local
Cause: lightning
Status: contained

Brady Fire

UPDATE 3:45  PM 7/03/2017

• Fire remains at 95% containment. 
• Personnel will monitor and patrol the fire throughout the coming days.  
• Smoke from heavier fuels burning within the fire perimeter will continue to be visible. 

UPDATE 10:30  AM 7/03/2017

• 95% containment
• Approximately 25 personnel on scene
• Smoke will be visible as mop up continues. The fire will be monitored throughout the coming days. 

UPDATED 8:00 PM 7/01/2017

• 90% containment, 100 personnel on scene
• With the especially steep terrain, crews continued to secure along the fire's edges. Far interior pockets will continue to smolder and smoke will be visible in the coming days. 
• Engines will continue to monitor throughout tonight
• At 7:00 AM, Sunday, July 2, the current type 3 team will hand the fire over to a Type 4 team for continued mop up and monitoring. Close to 50 personnel will remain on scene with the team transition. 

UPDATED 2:50 PM 7/01/2017

• Due to more accurate gps mapping around the perimeter of the fire, the estimated acreage is now 172 acres. 
• Today, crews are continuing with hand line around the perimeter and mop up procedures. 
• Containment remains the same, at 60%

UPDATED 6:53 PM 6/30/2017

• 60% containment, due to minimal fire behavior, firefighters made good progress. 
• Continuing line construction tomorrow. 
• Three engines will continue to monitor throughout tonight

6/29/2017  

Location: 7 miles E/SE of Edgemont, SD
Size: 95 acres
Resources: Federal, State and local, State dozer, and Federal helicopter
Cause: lightning
Status: 0% containment

*The fire received about a 1/2 inch of rain last night. Approximately 70 firefighters are on scene and will continue mop up and scouting today.

Saturday, July 1, 2017

UPDATED 7/2/2017 12:00 PM

Downen Fire
Location: Hwy. 79, mile marker 48
Size: 0.25 acre
Resources: Federal and local
Cause: human/equipment
Status: Controlled

Planting Fire
Location: 1 mile NE of Alva, WY
Size: 0.1 acre
Resources: Federal
Cause: lightning
Status: contained

Foggy Bottom Fire
Location: North of Ft. Pierre, SD Oahe Dam area
Size: 1.15 acres
Resources: Federal and local
Cause: Human
Status: contained

Lone Tree Fire
Location: NE of Alva, WY
Size: 1.5 acre
Resources: Federal, Federal Helicopter, and local
Cause: lightning
Status: contained

Porcupine #2 Fire
Location: Hwy 1806, northwest of Ft. Pierre, SD
Size: 0.10 acre
Resources: Federal and local
Cause: Human
Status: Controlled