Wildfire Update - June 29, 2020

Tepee Canyon Wildfire
Reported: 8:50 a.m. June 29, 2020
Location: Custer County 1/2 mile E of Teepee Work Center
Size: .2 acres
Resources: Federal, State, and Local
Cause: Lightning

Center Wildfire
Reported: 8:40 p.m. June 28, 2020
Location: Pennington Country, North of old Pactola Lake work center
Size: .1 acres
Resources: State, and Local
Cause: Unknown

June 28, 2020

Star Wildfire
Reported 1:28 pm, June 28, 2020
Location: private land 10 miles NW of Chadron, NE
Size: 15.2 acres
Resources: Federal and Local
Cause: farm equipment

June 27, 2020

Schenk Wildfire
Reported: 3:39 pm, June 27, 2020
Location: 19 miles WNW Pringle, SD
Size: 1 acre
Resources: Federal
Contained / Controlled: 8:15 pm, June 27, 2020

June 26, 2020

Lime Wildfire
Reported: 8:28 am, June 26, 2020
Location:  Custer County, 5 miles Northwest of Custer, SD
Size: .1 acre
Resources:  Federal responding
Cause: unknown
Contained / Controlled / Out 11:57 am, June 26, 2020


Longdraw Wildfire
Reported: 12:44 pm, June 26, 2020
Location: Longdraw
Size: .25 acres
Resources: Federal
Cause: unknown
Contained / Controlled 6:09 pm, June 26, 2020

Metz Spring Wildfire
Reported: 5:07 pm, June 26, 2020
Location: 6 miles WNW Minnekhata
Size: 1.1 acres
Resources: Federal  / State / Local
Contained/ Controlled: 9:46 pm, June 26, 2020

June 25, 2020

Perrin Wildfire

Reported: 10:19 am, June 25, 2020
Location:  Pactola Reservoir
Size: .1 acre
Resources: Federal / Local
Cause: Under investigation
Contained at 10:20 am, June 25, 2020
Controlled at 10:20 am, June 25, 2020
Out at 10:37 am, June 25, 2020


Buttermillk Wildfire

Reported:  4:46 pm, June 25, 2020
Location: 6 miles Southwest of Chadron, NE
Size: 4 acres
Resources: Federal / State / Local
Cause: Under investigation
Contained: 5:40 pm, June 25, 2020

Mine Draw Fire - June 24, 2020

Mine Draw Wildfire (UPDATED)

Reported: 11:19 am, June 24, 2020
Location: Custer County - Custer State Park
Size: 60 acres
Resources: State / Federal / Local /
Cause: Unknown
Contained: 2:14 pm, June 25, 2020

June 23, 2020

Thompson Wildfire
Reported: 6:06 pm, June 23, 2020
Location:  Crook County, WY - in the Sand Creek area about 7 miles south of Beulah, WY
Size: .62 acres
Resources: Federal / Local
Cause: Under investigation
Contained at 10:30 pm, June 23, 2020

June 21-22, 2020

Calumet Draw Wildfire
Reported: 9:36 am, June 21, 2020
Location: 2.6 miles south of Pactola / 6 miles east of Hill City
Size: .1 acre
Resources: Federal / State / Local
Cause: Under investigation
Contained / Controlled / Out at 10:05 am, June 21, 2020

Rodeo Draw Wildfire
Reported: 8:12 am, June 22, 2020
Location:  Weston County, WY / 2.8 miles southwest of Elk Mountain Lookout / 12 miles sse of Newcastle, WY
Size: .2 acre
Resources: Federal / State / Local
Cause: Lightning
Contained at 11:22 am, June 22, 2020
Controlled at 1:24 pm, June 22, 2020

Limestone Wildfire
Reported: 10:42 am, June 22, 2020
Location:  Custer County / 3 miles NW of Custer, SD
Size: .1 acre
Resources: Federal / State / Local
Cause: Under investigation
Contained at 11:31 am 
Controlled at 11:47 am, June 22, 2020

** NOTE** The Limestone Fire may put up smoke for a couple of days

June 18, 2020

Keough Draw Wildfire
Reported: 2:08 pm, June 18, 2020
Location: 3 miles south of Cheyenne Crossing off Hanna Road
Size: .1 acre
Resources: Federal and Local
Cause: Abandoned Campfire
Contained and Controlled at 4:00 pm, June 18, 2020

June 17, 2020

Congressional Wildfire
Reported: 6:30 am, June 17, 2020
Location: 3 miles southwest of Cactus Flats
Size: 9 acres
Resources: Federal and Local
Cause: Lightning
Contained at 7:56 am, June 17, 2020

Granite Wildfire
Reported: 7:41 am, June 17, 2020
Location: Lost Gulch above Vanocker Canyon; Northern Hills Ranger District
Size: .1 acres
Resources: State and Federal
Cause: Lightning
Contained at 9:45 am, June 17, 2020

June 14, 2020

1880 Fire
Reported at 15:35 PM
0.6 acres
1/2 mile east of Keystone, Old Hill City Road
Under Investigation
State and local responded

Golden Valley Fire
Reported at 1:24 PM
1.33 acres
Meade County, 6 miles east of Piedmont, SD
Under Investigation
State and local responded
Contained at 2:30 PM

Indian  Creek #1 Fire
Reported at 11:11 AM
33 acres
SW of Ardmore, SD, on NE side
Lightning
Federal resources responded

Marshall Gulch Fire
Reported at 4:30 AM
0.1 acres
1 mile NW of Hill City
Human-caused
State and local responded

June 13, 2020

Frontier Loop Fire
Reported at 2:28 PM
0.10 acres
2 miles east of Whitewood, SD 
Federal, State and local responded
Controlled at 4:30 PM


Adams Canyon Fire
Reported at 11:24 AM
9.1 acres
NW corner of Angostura 
Under Investigation
State and local responded
Controlled at  5:00 PM

American Eagle Fire
Reported at 10:18 AM
0.10 acre
3 miles southeast of Spearfish, SD
Cause - human 
State and local responded
Controlled at 10:35 AM

June 12, 2020

Main Street Fire
Reported at 2:52 PM
0.10 acre
Piedmont, SD
Cause - human
Controlled at 4:07 PM

June 11, 2020

Game Farm-Abandoned Campfire
Reported at  8:04 AM
0.10 acre
Lawrence County, near Higgins Gulch
Cause - human
Controlled at 8:50 AM

June 7, 2020 - Fire Update

Porcupine Fire

• Located in Stanley County approximately 9 miles south of Fort Pierre
• Human caused
• Federal and local resources responded
• 1.7 acres

June 4, 2020 - Fire Update

Mile High Fire

• Located in Custer County about 6 miles NW of Custer
• .1 of an acre
• Resources responded

Airfield Fire

• Located off of Sheridan Lake Road approximately 1 mile NW of the Stratobowl
• .1 of an acre, caused by lighting
• Resources responded