February 28, 2023 - Pile Burning

South Dakota Wildland Fire

South Dakota Wildland Fire along with the Black Hills National Forest (Northern Hills Ranger District) will be burning approximately 19 acres of slash piles today and throughout the week near the Deadwood Lodge. Smoke may be visible for several days.


Black Hills National Forest

Mystic Fire (central hills) will be burning piles for the next several days northwest of Bear Mountain Lookout Tower.

Sunnyside update

 

Date	2/26/2023
Fire Name	Sunnyside
Fire Location	1 mile north of Silver City, SD
Size	2 acres
Resources Responded	SDWF, BKF, and local resources
Ownership/Jurisdiction	Private/State
Cause	Under Investigation
Current Status	Still working to put handline around

 

Sunnyside Fire

 One mile N of Silver City in Pennington County. 

Currently 2 acres. 

February 23, 2023 - Pile Burning

 Black Hills National Forest

Hell Canyon fire (southern hills) will be burning approx. 50 large machine piles, 2-5 miles northeast of Custer, SD today (2/23/23). Smoke may be visible from Hwy 385 for several days.

February 21, 2023 - Pile Burning

Black Hills National Forest

Northern Hills fire will be burning approximately 40 machine piles north of the 385/Merritt Estes junction on the East side of Highway 385 today, 2/21/23. Crews are aiming to finish the project with one day of lighting, but smoke may be visible from 385 for the next several days.

Northern Hills fire continues to burn piles located west of Hwy 85 and North of Deadwood near Mount Roosevelt Friendship Tower, for the next two weeks as conditions permit.

Mystic fire (central hills) is planning on conducting pile burns in one or multiple units this week. Depending on weather and snow accumulations, crews will monitor as to which project areas will be implemented. Project locations include: south of Deerfield Reservoir, near Lowden Mountain, the Bogus Jim area/south of Green Mountain and several piles northeast of Whitetail Campground.  

Rocket Fire

 

Date	02/18/2023
Fire Name	Rocket
Fire Location	Northeast of Fort Meade Reservoir in Meade County
Size	6.7 Acres
Resources Responded	SD Wildland Fire, BLM, VA and Local Resources
Ownership/Jurisdiction	BLM
Cause	Human Caused/ Under Investigation
Current Status	Fire is contained and controlled, fire investigation turned over to BLM LEO

 

Date	02/16/2023
Fire Name	Rush Mart
Fire Location	Rockerville, SD
Size	0.30 Acre
Resources Responded	SD Wildland Fire, Forest Service, and Local Resources
Ownership/Jurisdiction	Private/State
Cause	Under Investigation
Current Status	Forward progress has been stopped, fire contained

February 15, 2023 - Pile Burning

 Black Hills National Forest

Mystic fire (central hills) will be lighting two piles this afternoon, approx.. 7.5 miles southeast of Rochford, SD.

February 14, 2023 - Pile Burning

 Black Hills National Forest

Northern Hills fire crews will be burning piles located to the north and south of Nemo Road and West of Old Ridge Road over the next two weeks, as conditions permit.

February 9, 2023 - Pile Burning

 Black Hills National Forest

Northern Hills fire is burning piles located south of Terry peak Summit Road on the south side of Highway 85 for the next two weeks, as conditions permit.

Mystic fire (central hills) are planning to ignite North facing slopes dependent on snow and weather conditions in the field, today and tomorrow (2/9-2/10/23).

February 8, 2023 - Pile Burning

Black Hills National Forest

Northern Hills fire is burning a pile on Forest service Road 134.2A behind the Spearfish work center.

Northern Hills fire crews will also be looking to burn machine piles on the Pantheon project in the upcoming days, as snow conditions and weather allow. This project is located west of Vanocker Canyon, north and south of Galena Road. 

February 1, 2023 - Pile Burning

 Black Hills National Forest

• Northern Hills fire will be burning machine and hand piles in Spearfish Canyon (HWY 14 A) today, 2/1/23, between Cheyenne Crossing and Savoy. Smoke will be visible from Hwy 85, Hwy 14 A and the Terry Peak area.

• Bearlodge fire will be burning piles 8 miles South of Hulett, WY. Smoke will be visible from Hwy 24 between Devils Tower and Carlile Junction.