July 31, 2021

Fire #3:  Baldy Fire

Reported: 9:41 PM, 7/31/2021

Location: 2 miles north of Mt. Rushmore

Size: 0.1 acre

Cause: Human

Contained / Control / Out - 1600 on 8/1/2021

Fire #2: One Mile Fire

Reported: 4:14 PM

Location: Crook County, 1 mile S of Cook Lake

Size: 0.1 acre

Cause: Lightning

Resources: Local & Federal 

Contained: 6:10 PM

Control: 6:49

Fire #1:  Edgewood Fire

Reported: 7:40 AM

Location: 2 miles.  East of Piedmont, off interstate

Size: .1 acre

Cause: Vehicle fire 

Resources:  Piedmont VFD 

Contained and Controlled: 8:00 AM

July 30, 2021

#3.  Hazelrodt Fire

Reported: 1:30 PM

Location: 5 miles SE  of Custer, near Hazelrodt Picnic area

Size: 0.3 acre

Cause: Lightning

Resources: Federal, State, Helicopter use due to remoteness of site

Contained and Controlled: 6:00 PM

#2.  Heifer Fire

Reported: 12:56 PM

Location: Crook County, 3.5 SE Aladdin, Wy

Cause: Lightning

Size 4.7 acres

Resources: County and Federal

Contained:  4:05 PM

#1.  Dam Fire - county assist

Reported at 10:56 AM

Location: Near City Dams, south of Chadron, NE on private land

Size: 1 acre (4 separate fires within the acre)

Cause: Human, Equipment

Resources: Chadron VFD, Federal

Contained: 12:00 Noon; Controlled: 12:20 PM

July 29, 2021

Foster Gulch Fire

Reported: 10:55 PM

Location: 1 Mile NW of Hayward

Size 0.25 acre

Cause: Human

Contained: 11:15 AM on July 30, 2021

Cleghorn Fire

Reported:  11:49 AM 

Location: Cleghorn Canyon

Size: 0.1 acre

Contained: 12:00 PM

Controlled: 12:00 PM

Out: 12:00 PM

July 28, 2021

 Fire #1:  Summit Spring Fire

Reported:  1:22 PM 

Location: 4 miles N of Summit Ridge; Pennington County

Size: 1 acre

Resources: Federal & County

Cause: Lightning

Contained: 4:00 PM

July 26, 2021

 Fire #1:  Moon Fire

Reported at 10:05 AM 

Location: Northwest of Rapid City

Size: 0.1 acre

Cause: Power pole

Contained, Controlled and Out: at 10:20 AM

Fire #2:  Vanocker Fire

Reported at 1:47 PM

Location: 3 1/2 miles south of Sturgis, Vanocker County Road

Size: 0.1 acre

Cause: Burning vehicle

Contained, controlled and out at 3:00 PM 

Fire #3: Upper Mirror Fire

Reported at 4:01 PM

Location: Northeast of Beulah near Upper Mirror Lake

Size: 5-10 acres

Cause: Unknown 

Resources: Federal, state, local

Fire #4: Hippy Hole Fire

Reported at 5:25 PM

Location:  Pennington County, Hippy Hole Parking Lot

Size: 0.1 acre

Cause: Burning vehicle 

Resources: Federal, State, Local

Contained: 6:45 PM; controlled at 7:00 PM 

July 25, 2021

Fire #1:  Feed CA

Reported at 11:44 AM 

Location: 2 miles northeast of Angostura, private land

Size: 8.2 acres

Cause: Human

Resources: State & local

Contained: 1:00 PM  Controlled at 1:46 PM

Fire #2:  Buffalo Creek CA

Reported at 5:40 PM

Location: King Road, on border of Crook and Weston County, WY

Resources: All Wyoming county response. No request for federal or state. No further information available. 

Update on fires from July 24, 2021 

Koenig CA Fire -

Reported at 2:25 PM on July 24, 2021

Location: 15 miles northwest of Pierre, SD

Size: 306.8 acres 

Cause:  Human - Combine

Resources: Federal and local

Contained at 6:30 PM

Taco Fire -

Reported at 2:36 PM on July 24, 2021 

Location: Near Cherry Creek on the Cheyenne River Reservation

Size: 950 acres

Cause: Unknown

Resources: Federal and Local 

Contained: 10%

July 24, 2021

Koenig CA Fire - Updated at 6:15 PM

Reported at 2:25 PM

Location: 15 miles northwest of Pierre, SD

Size: 306 acres 

Cause:  Human - Combine

Resources: Federal and local

Contained:  0%

Fire #2:

Laughing Fire -

Reported at 4:29 PM

Location: Custer County, 1/2 mile SE of Crazy Horse

Size: 0.1 acres

Cause: Lightning

Resources: Federal

Contained at 6:00 PM and Controlled at 6:30 PM

Fire #3: 

Taco Fire -

Reported at 2:36 PM on the Cheyenne River Reservation

Size - 200 acres

Cause - Unknown

Resources - Bureau of Indian Affairs

July 23, 2021

Glen Erin Fire

Reported at 8:14 PM

Location: 2.5 miles southwest of Stockade Lake, SD

Size: 0.1 acres

Resources: Federal and State

Contained: 7/23/2021 at 9:05 PM

Controlled: 7/23/2021 at 9:12 PM

Pine Creek Fire

Reported at 9:19 AM

Location: 1.5 miles east of Black Elk Peak, SD

Size: 0.1 acres

Resources: Federal and State

Contained: 7/23/2021 at 3:30 PM

Controlled: 7/23/2021 at 5:00 PM

Williams Fire

Reported at 8:49 AM

Location: 4 miles southwest of Deerfield

Size: 0.1 acres

Resources: Federal

Contained: 7/23/2021 at 4:50 PM

Controlled: 7/23/2021 at 5:15 PM

July 22, 2021

Pony Fire

Reported at 8:07 PM

Location: Maitland Road, 5 miles southeast of Spearfish, SD

Size: 0.1 acres

Resources: Federal and State

Contained: 7/22/2021 at 10:04 PM

Red Barn Fire

Reported at 8:06 PM

Location: Table Road, 11 miles southeast of Crawford, NE

Size: 0.1 acres

Resources: Federal and Local

Contained/Controlled: 7/22/2021 at 8:30 PM

Oliver Fire

Reported at 4:34 PM

Location: Hillsview, SD

Size: 0.1 acres

Cause: Lightning 

Resources: Federal

Contained: 7/22/2021 at 4:45 PM

Controlled: 7/22/2021 at 5:00 PM

Mica Fire

Reported at 9:21 AM

Location: 2.5 miles northwest of Custer, SD (Custer County)

Size: 0.1 acres

Cause: Human

Resources: Federal and State

Contained: 7/22/2021 at 09:50 AM

Controlled: 7/22/2021 at 10:00 AM

July 21, 2021

Pleasant Valley Fire

Reported at 5:22 PM

Location: 8 miles northwest of Argyle, SD (Custer County)

Size: 0.1 acres

Cause: Lightning

Resources: Federal

Contained: 7/21/2021 at 6:55 PM

Controlled: 7/21/21 at 6:55 PM

Swather CA Fire

Reported at 4:11 PM

Location: 3 miles southeast of Clyde Ice Air Field (Lawrence County, SD)

Size: 0.3 acres

Cause: Human

Resources: Federal and State

Contained: 7/21/2021 at 4:20 PM

Controlled: 7/21/21 at 4:43 PM

July 20, 2021

Deep Creek CA

Reported at 2:27 PM

Location: Near Hayes, SD (Haakon County)

Size: 955 acres

Resources: Federal and Local

Cause: Combine

Contained and Controlled

Brehm Fire CA

Reported at 11:23 AM

Location: 8 miles northwest of New Underwood, SD (Meade County)

Size: 30 acres

Resources: State and Local

Cause: Lightning 

Contained: 7/20/21 at 3:37

Controlled: 7/20/2021 at 3:37

July 19, 2021

Wheat Field Fire

Reported at 5:13 PM

Location: 8.8 miles north of Scenic, SD (Pennington County)

Size: 100 acres

Cause: Human

Resources: Federal and Local

Contained 6:42 PM 7/19/2021

Controlled 8:20 PM 7/19/2021

French Creek Fire

Location: 3.5 miles northwest of Custer, SD

Size: 1.1 acres

Cause: Lightning

Resources: State, Federal, and Local

Contained: 7/19/2021 at 5:04 PM

Controlled 7/19/2021 at 8:35 PM

July 18, 2021

Badger Fire

Reported at 7:45 PM, 7/18/21

Location: North of Badger Clark Road, Custer State Park

Size: 0.46 acre

Cause: Lightning

Resources: State, Federal and Local

Contained: 12:34 AM, 7/19/21

Controlled: 12:55 PM, 7/19/21

Willow Fire

Reported at 7:45 PM, 7/18/21

Location: Custer Co. 1 mile N. of Custer SD

Size 0.1 acre

Cause: Lightning

Resources: Federal, State and Local

Contained: 8:20 PM, 7/18/21

Controlled: 8:20 PM, 7/18/21

Bismarck Fire

Reported at 7:19 PM

Location: Custer Co. 3 miles NE of Custer SD

Size 0.1 acre

Cause: Lightning

Resources: Federal, State and Local

Contained: 7:38 PM, 7/18/21 

Controlled: 7:38 PM, 7/18/21

961 Fire

Reported at 4:20 AM

Location: Sioux Co. 14 Miles N. of Harrison, NE

Size 0.1 acre

Contained: 8:00 AM, 7/18/21

July 16, 2021

Echo Fire

Reported at 9:58 AM

Location: Custer CO, 1/2 mile West Crazy Horse

Size 0.1 acre

Resources: Federal & State

Cause: Lightning

Contained: 10:30 AM, 7/16/21

Controlled: 10:30 AM, 7/16/21 

Out: 10:50 AM, 7/16/21

July 14, 2021

Moonlight Fire

Reported: 9:17 pm, July 14, 2021

Location: South West of Rockerville, SD

Size: .1 acre

Contained 12:00 AM

Controlled 12:45 AM

July 13, 2021

Fire #1:  Jim CA 

Reported at 5:22 AM

Wildfire 10.5 miles east of Harrison, NE

Cause - Human / equipment 

Size - 1 acre

Resources - Local

Contained at 6:30 am 

Fire #2:  Meier Fire 

Reported at 10:21 AM

Location: Lawrence County; Meier Avenue, North side of Spearfish, Passion Play; private land

Size - 1 acre

Cause - Unknown

Values at Risk: Structures threatened, no evacuations at this time.

Resources - local 

Spread potential - high 

Contained at 11:05 AM

Fire #3:  Nordstrom CA - Mutual aid

Reported at 1:43 PM

Location: On Highway 86, wnw of Ft. Pierre, SD

Size 19.4 acres

Resources: local & federal

Cause: Human - equipment

Contained at 3:36 PM

Fire #4: State Line CA 

Reported at 3:08 PM

Location: On NE SD state line, along Hwy. #385 

Size 0.1 acre

Cause: Human - equipment

Resources: Federal and local

Contained at 3:30 PM

Controlled at 3:35 PM

Fire #5: Mundorf Fire 

Reported at 3:19 PM

Location: Keya Paha Co Nebraska, 3 miles s of Norden, 12 miles se of Sparks, 22 miles nnw of Ainsworth

Size - 30 Acres

Cause - Lightning

Fuels - Heavy dead and down. Fire started in 2012 burn scar

Resources NE state and local

Contained at 4:30 PM

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Update for July 12 incidents:

Buffalo CA

Reported: 3:51 PM, July 12, 2021

Location: IPY Ranch / Devil's Tower

Size: 55 acres

Resources: Federal / State / Local

Cause: lightning

Contained at 10:48 PM

Crowe CA

Reported: 2:25 PM, July 12, 2021

Location: Cherry Co, NE. 10 mi east/southeast of Valentine

Size: 25 acres

July 12, 2021

Buffalo CA

Reported: 3:51 pm, July 12, 2021

Location: IPY Ranch / Devil's Tower

Size: 30 acres

Resources: Federal / Local

Cause: unknown

Crowe CA

Reported: 2:25 pm, July 12, 2021

Location: Cherry Co, NE. 10 mi east/southeast of Valentine

Size: 25 acres

July 10, 2021

Citadel Wildfire

Reported: 8:45 am, July 10, 2021

Location: Higgins Gulch

Size: .1 acre

Resources: Federal

Cause: lightning

Contained / Controlled 11:22 am

Ghost Canyon Wildfire

Reported: 10:23 am, July 10, 2021

Size: .12 acre

Resources: Federal / State / Local

Cause: lightning

Contained / Controlled: 3:50 pm

Mona School (CA) Wildfire

Reported: 11:03 am, July 10, 2021

Size: 3.4 acres

Resources: State / Local

Contained: 1:00 pm

Deer Creek Wildfire

Reported: 2:52 pm, July 10, 2021

Size: .5 acre

Resources: Federal 

Cause: lightning

Contained / controlled; 9:15 pm

Little Bear Wildfire

Reported: 3:51 pm, July 10, 2021

Location: Pennington County, 12 miles west of Deerfield Lake

Size: .3 acre

Resources; Federal / State / Local

Cause: lightning

Contained / Controlled 11:00 pm

July 8-9, 2021

Sunset Ranch Wildfire 

Reported: 8:48 pm, July 9, 2021

Size: .1 acre

Resources: SD State / local

Cause: lightning 

Contained / Controlled: 10:17 pm July 9, 2021

Highpoint Wildfire 

Reported: 8:23 pm, July 9, 2021

Size: .1 acre

Resources: State / Local

Cause: lightning 

Contained / Controlled: 9:20 pm, July 9, 2021

McKenna Wildfire 

Reported 8:08 pm, July 9, 2021

Location: Custer County,  5 miles south of Jewelleries Cave

Size: .1 acre

Resources: State / Federal 

Cause: lightning 

Contained  / Controlled: 9:45 pm, July 9, 2021

Garbage Wilfire 

Reported: 5:50 pm, July 9, 2021

Location: Hermosa area

Size: .1 acre

Resources: State / Local

Cause: unk

Contained / Controlled: 7:11 pm, July 9, 2021

Lone Tree CA Wildfire 

Reported: 4:58 pm, July 9, 2021

Location: Dawes County, 15 miles south of Chadron, NE

Size: .1 acre

Resources: State / Local 

Cause: lightning 

Contained  / Controlled: 8:05 pm, July 9, 2021

Grand Caynon Wildfire

Reported: 1:23 pm, July 8, 2021

Location: Crook County, 4 miles NNW of Hardy Guard Station

Size:  1 acre

Resources: Federal

Cause: lightning

Contained: 7:15 pm, July 8, 2021

Bug Wildfire

Reported: 6:51 pm, July 8, 2021

Location: 2105 White River Road, Interior, SD

Size: .5 acre

Resources: State

Cause: unknown

Contained / Controlled / Out: 8:00 pm, July 8, 2021

July 7-8, 2021

Benchmark Wildfire

Reported: 9:00 pm, July 7, 2021

Location: Lawrence County, Crow Peak Area

Size: .1 acre

Resources: Federal / State

Cause: Lightning

Contained / Controlled / Out : 10:00 pm, July 7, 2021

Spirit Wildfire

Reported: 9:30 pm, July 7, 2021

Location: Fall River County, 5 miles NW of Hot Springs

Size: .1 acre

Resources: State

Cause: Lightning

Contained / Controlled / Out : 10:08 pm, July 7, 2021

False Bottom Wildfire

Reported: 5:49 am, July 8, 2021

Location: Lawrence County, 3 miles SE of Spearfish

Size: .1 acre

Resources: Federal / State

Cause: Lightning

Contained / Controlled: 8:30 am, July 8, 2021

July 6, 2021

Parmalee Wildfire

Reported: 1:18 pm

Location: South of Parmalee Canyon

Size: .2 acre

Resources: State and Federal

Cause: Unknown

Contained: 4:00 pm

Controlled: 4:45 pm

Wildfire Update - July 4, 2021 at 10:15 p.m. NEW INFORMATION

 NEW INFORMATION IN YELLOW

Schumer CA Fire

• Reported July 4, 2021 at 9:25 p.m.

• Location: South of Fort Pierre, SD

• Size: 2 acres

• Cause: Fireworks

• Federal and Local resources are responding.

Saratoga Fire

• Reported July 4, 2021 at 5:07 p.m.

• Location: 1 miles south of Blackhawk, SD

• Size: .1

• Cause: Fireworks

• State and Local resources responded.

• Contained and Controlled at 10:00 p.m. July 4th, 2021

Bethpage Fire

• Reported July 4, 2021 at 9:00 p.m.

• Location: Pennington County, SD

• Size: .1

• Cause: Fireworks

• State and Local resources responded.

• Contained and Controlled at 9:24 p.m. July 4th, 2021

Marion CA Fire

• Reported July 4, 2021 at 5:07 p.m.
• Location: within city limits of Fort Pierre, SD
• Size: unknown
• Cause: Fireworks
• Federal and Local resources are responding.

Wildfire Update - July 4, 2021

Marion CA Fire

• Reported July 4, 2021 at 5:07 p.m.
• Location: within city limits of Fort Pierre, SD
• Size: unknown
• Cause: Fireworks
• Federal and Local resources are responding.

Roby Fire

• Reported July 4, 2021 at 3:05 p.m.
• Location: 6.5 miles Northwest of Tepee Work Center, near the Red Bird Canyon area and 3 miles Southeast of Summit Ridge lookout in Custer County, SD
• Size: .16 acre
• Cause: Lightning
• Federal State, and Local resources are responding.

Plateau CA Fire

• Reported July 3, 2021 at 9:00 p.m.
• Location: 2 miles Northeast of Pierre, SD in Hughes County
• Size: 1.5 acres
• Cause: Fireworks
• Federal and Local resources responded.
• Contained at 10:45 p.m. on July 3, 2021 and and controlled at @ 11:00 p.m. July 3, 2021

Wildfire Update - July 4, 2021

Merritt Fire

• Reported July 3, 2021 at 10:00 p.m.
• Location: 1 mile Southeast of Blackhawk in Pennington County, SD
• Size: .2 acre
• Cause: Fireworks
• Federal and Local resources responded.
• Contained at 10:45 p.m. on July 3, 2021 and and controlled at @ 11:00 p.m. July 3, 2021

Mystery Fire

• Reported July 3, 2021 at 11:04 p.m.
• Location: 5 miles South of Rapid City in Pennington County, SD
• Size: .1 acre
• Cause: Undetermined
• State resources responded.
• Contained, controlled, and out on July 3, 2021 @ 11:37 p.m.

Hauber CA Fire - Updated July 4, 2021

• Reported July 3, 2021 at 12:46 p.m.
• Location: South of Devils Tower in Crook County, WY
• Size: approximately 50 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• Federal and Local resources responded.
• Contained at 4:20 p.m. on July 3, 2021

Wildfire Update - July 3, 2021 NEW INFORMATION

NEW INFORMATION IN YELLOW

Sparky CA Fire

• Reported July 3, 2021 at 3:24 p.m.
• Location: Stanley County, SD near Ft. Pierre
• Size: .1 acre
• Cause: Fireworks
• Federal and Local resources responded.
• Contained at 3:30 p.m.

Houston Fire

• Reported July 3, 2021 at 1:40 p.m.
• Location: 3 miles South of Warren Peak in Crook County, WY
• Size: .1 acre
• Cause: Lightning
• Federal resources responded.
• Contained at 3:30 p.m.

Range CA Fire

• Reported July 3, 2021 at 1:01 p.m.
• Location: 4.8 miles Northwest of Ft. Pierre in Stanley County, SD
• Size: 1.1 acre
• Cause: Firearms
• Federal and Local resources responded.
• Contained at 3:05 p.m.

Hauber CA Fire

• Reported July 3, 2021 at 12:46 p.m.
• Location: South of Devils Tower in Crook County, WY
• Size: approximately 50 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• Federal and Local resources are responding.

Ivy Fire

• Reported July 3, 2021 at 10:10 a.m.
• Location: 5 miles South of Beulah, WY in Crook County
• Size: .01 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• Federal and Local resources responded.
• Contained and controlled on July 3, 2021 @ 11:50 a.m.

Jewel Fire

• Reported July 3, 2021 at 8:15 a.m.
• Location: Forest Service Road 277 and along Highway 16 near Jewel Cave
• Size: .01 acres
• Cause: escaped campfire
• Federal and Local resources responded.
• Contained and controlled on July 3, 2021 @ 9:10 a.m.

Tower View Fire

• Reported July 2, 2021 at 5:46 p.m.
• Location: Crook County, WY; 4 miles Southeast of Devils Tower
• Size: .1 acre
• Cause: Lightning
• Federal and Local resources responded.
• Contained July 2, 2021 @ 6:30 p.m.

Dalton Fire

• Reported July 1, 2021 at 6:09 p.m.
• Location: near Nemo Ridge and Dalton Lake Northwest of Blackhawk, SD
• Size: .13 acres
• Cause: Unknown
• Federal, State, and Local resources responded.
• Contained July 1, 2021 @ 10:58 p.m., and Controlled July 1, 2021 @ 11:35 p.m.

Canning Fire - Updated July 3, 2021

• Reported July 1, 2021 at 1:46 p.m.
• Location: Hughes County, SD; approximately 15 miles Northeast of Pierre
• Size: approximately 216 acres
• Cause: Unknown
• Federal and Local resources are responding.

Wildfire Update - July 1, 2021

Canning Fire

• Reported July 1, 2021 at 1:46 p.m.
• Location: Hughes County, SD; approximately 15 miles Northeast of Pierre
• Size: approximately 100 acres
• Cause: Unknown
• Federal and Local resources are responding.

Sage Creek Fire, Updated July 1, 2021

• Reported at 6/23/21 8:36 PM
• Location: Sage Creek Wilderness Area 9.6 mil SW of Wall, 9 mi S of Wasta, SD
• Size: 807 acres
• Contained: 06/28/21 at 3:15 p.m.
• Controlled: 06/30/21 at 1:25 p.m.

Sandy Draw Fire, Last updated June 27, 2021

•  Reported at 6/23/21 11:09 AM
•  Location: Crook County, 5 miles NNE of Beulah, WY
•  Size: 72 acres
•  Resources: Federal, State and Local