Hill City, SD, Nov. 15, 2022 — The Palmer Gulch Fire that started on October 29, is now controlled. Fire crews have been mopping up the area for the past two weeks to ensure all hot spots have been extinguished. The fire burned 88 acres.
“Personnel
will be working in the area for the next week or so to rehab dozer lines that
were put in to stop the forward progress of the fire,” said Todd Hoover, Fire
Management Officer for the Hell Canyon Ranger District, Black Hills National Forest. “There is more cleanup
work to do and that will be done in the spring.”
The road closure on Palmer Creek Road is no longer in effect. Trails are now open, but the public is asked to avoid use of Palmer Creek Trail #2 until the foot bridge that was burned in the fire has been replaced. Additional safety rehab work on the trails will be completed in the spring.