tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32424069689154752002024-03-18T10:21:38.567-06:00Great Plains Fire InformationGreat Plains Fire Information is an interagency cooperative group of Public Information Officers providing information about incidents within the Great Plains Dispatch Zone.
Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-40505275081988722302024-03-18T10:21:00.001-06:002024-03-18T10:21:04.906-06:00March 18, 2024 Wildfire Information<h2 style="text-align: left;"> Freedom Fire</h2><div>Date Reported: 3/17/2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: 2 miles SE of Piedmont, SD on I-90<br /><br /></div><div>Size: 0.63 acres</div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: State and Local </div><div><br /></div><div>Cause: Human </div><div><br /></div><div>Status: Contained and Controlled </div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-29081178875034008762024-03-06T14:57:00.005-07:002024-03-06T16:42:46.615-07:00March 6th, 2024 Wildfire Information<h2 style="text-align: left;"> <u>79 Fire</u></h2><div>Date reported: March 6, 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: on Highway 79</div><div><br /></div><div>Size: 5 acres</div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: State, local, federal </div><div><br /></div><div>Status: Contained</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><u>Lone Pine Fire</u></h2><div>Date reported: March 6, 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: 2 miles south of Hermosa on Hwy 79</div><div><br /></div><div>Size: 36 acres</div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: state, local, and federal</div><div><br /></div><div>Status: Contained </div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><u>MM 43 Fire</u></h2><div>Date reported: March 6, 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: 5 miles SW of Fairburn on Hwy79</div><div><br /></div><div>Size: 1.9 acres</div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: state and local </div><div><br /></div><div>Status: Contained and controlled </div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><u>Cobb Fire</u></h2><div>Date reported: March 6, 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: 4 miles north of Fairburn on Hwy 79</div><div><br /></div><div>Size: 5 acres</div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: local, state, and federal </div><div><br /></div><div>Status: no containment </div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><u>MM 32 Fire</u></h2><div>Date reported: March 6, 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: 4 miles SW of Buffalo Gap on Hwy 79 </div><div><br /></div><div>Size: 0.1 acres</div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: state and local </div><div><br /></div><div>Status: Contained and controlled </div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><u>Allen Ranch Fire</u></h2><div>Date reported: March 6, 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: 3 miles south of Hermosa on Hwy 79 </div><div><br /></div><div>Size: 1.5 acres</div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: federal </div><div><br /></div><div>Status: Contained </div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-61332314964730613602024-03-04T13:19:00.005-07:002024-03-06T14:58:03.754-07:00March 4, 2024 Wildfire Information<h2 style="text-align: left;"> <u>Shirttail Fire</u></h2><div>Reported: March 4, 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: 1 mile south of Pringle </div><div><br /></div><div>Size: 2 acres</div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: state, local and federal </div><div><br /></div><div>Cause: unknown </div><div><br /></div><div>Status: Controlled</div><div><br /></div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-90169772141079399722024-03-03T13:44:00.011-07:002024-03-06T16:42:58.301-07:00Flynn Fire March 2024<p style="text-align: left;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Flynn Fire</b></span></u></p><div>Reported: March 3, 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: 3.5 miles NE of Pringle, SD</div><div><br /></div><div>Size: 35 acres</div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: local, state, and federal</div><div><br /></div><div>Cause: under investigation </div><div><br /></div><div>Status: Controlled</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-1551723714213016672024-03-03T08:05:00.012-07:002024-03-06T16:43:08.502-07:00March 3, 2024 information <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>Emerald Fire</u></b></span></p><div>Reported: March 3, 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: 2 miles southwest of Black Hawk, SD</div><div><br /></div><div>Size: 0.5 acres </div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: Local recourses and US Forest Service </div><div><br /></div><div>Cause: power line </div><div><br /></div><div>Containment: 100% controlled </div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Telluride Fire</h2><div>Reported: March 3, 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: Piedmont, SD</div><div><br /></div><div>Size: .25 acres </div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: state and local </div><div><br /></div><div>Status: 100% controlled </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-64897697233831570252024-02-29T07:00:00.006-07:002024-03-03T14:13:34.104-07:00February 29, 2024 - Wildfire Information<p style="text-align: left;"><u><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Pony Lake Fire</span></b></u></p><div>Reported: February 29, 2024</div><div><br /></div><div>Location: Off US Hwy 83 near mile marker 180 in Valentine, NE</div><div><br /></div><div>Size: 283 acres </div><div><br /></div><div>Resources: State, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and local support</div><div><br /></div><div>Cause: under investigation </div><div><br /></div><div>Containment: 100% controlled</div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-71218795260796197582024-02-26T14:08:00.000-07:002024-02-26T14:08:21.015-07:00February 26, 2024 - Wildfire Information<p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: underline;">Timberwood Fire</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Reported: February 26, 2024, 12:26 p.m.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Location: Meade County, 5 miles E of Piedmont, SD (private property)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Size: 13.5 acres</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Resources: Federal, State, and Local<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cause: Human<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Wonderland Fire<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Reported: February 26, 2024, 1:11 a.m.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Location: Exit 48, I90, Summerset, SD (county property)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Size<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: 0.32 acres</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Resources: Local<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cause: Human<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Status: Out</span></p><p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Exit 55 Fire<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Reported: February 26, 2024, 12:15 a.m.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Location: 3/4 mile N of Exit 55, I90, Black Hawk, SD (county property)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Size<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: 2.2 acres</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Resources: Local<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cause: Human<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Status: Contained on February 26, 2024, 1:45 a.m.</span></p><p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></u></b></p><p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Piedmont Meadows Fire</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Reported: February 23, 2024, 12:30 p.m.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Location: Meade County, 2 miles NW of Piedmont, SD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Size: 5 acres</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Resources: Federal, State, and Local<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cause: Unknown; Investigator enroute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Status: Contained<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Wind Song Fire<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Reported: February 20, 2024, 3:13 p.m.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Location: 4 miles SW of Custer, SD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Size<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">: 3.4 acres</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Resources: Federal, State, and Local<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cause: Human; Investigator enroute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Status: Controlled</span></p>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-38391994943574993442024-02-26T09:27:00.000-07:002024-02-26T09:27:01.846-07:00February 26, 2024 - Red Flag Warning Today<p>The Rapid City National Weather (NWS) Service Forecast Office has issued the following fire weather update:</p><p><span style="color: #43423f; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Critical Fire Weather Conditions</span><span style="color: #43423f; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> will develop today across parts of northeast Wyoming and southern South
Dakota, generally near and south of I-90, and a Red Flag Warning is in effect.
Near critical fire weather conditions are expected elsewhere (outside of snow
covered grounds in the northern Black Hills). Keep in mind that it
is very unusual for widespread critical fire weather conditions to develop in
February.</span></p><span style="color: #43423f; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Expect southwest-west winds gusting to 45 mph within the Red Flag Warning
area. Winds outside of the warning will generally be gusting into the 25
to 35 mph range. Relative Humidity will drop to as low as 15 percent
across most of the area.<br />
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A cold front will sweep through the region this evening, with an abrupt wind
shift to the north-northwest. Accumulating snow is expected to develop
behind the cold front, especially across northeast WY and the Black Hills
(see the latest Winter Weather Advisories). However, the initial wind
shift will be highly problematic for any ongoing fires.<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Reported: February 23,
2024, 12:30 p.m.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Location: Meade County,
2 miles NW of Piedmont, SD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Size: 5 acres</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Resources: Federal,
State, and Local<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Cause: Unknown;
Investigator enroute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Status: Contained<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Wind Song Fire<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Reported: February 20,
2024, 3:13 p.m.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Location: 4 miles SW of
Custer, SD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Resources: Federal,
State, and Local<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Cause: Human;
Investigator enroute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Merritt Fire<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Reported: February 19,
2024, 3:41 p.m.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Location: 1 mile SE of Pilot
Knob (Pennington County, SD)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Size: 0.25 acre</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Resources: Federal,
State, and Local<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Cause: Human<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Contained: February 19,
2024, 5:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Controlled: February 20,
2024, 1:55 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-ligatures: none;">Status: Out</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-26845115797596226842024-02-20T16:30:00.002-07:002024-02-20T16:30:29.747-07:00February 20, 2024<p> <b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Wind Song Fire</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Reported: February 20,
2024, 3:13 p.m.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Location: 4 miles SW of
Custer, SD on private land<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Size: 2 acres</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Resources: Federal,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Cause: Human;
Investigator enroute</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Merritt Fire<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Reported: February 19,
2024, 3:41 p.m.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Location: 1 mile SE of
Pilot Knob (Pennington County, SD) on private land<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Size: 0.25 acre</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Resources: Federal,
State, and Local<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Cause: Human<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Contained: February 19,
2024, 5:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-ligatures: none;">Controlled: February 20, 2024, 1:55 p.m.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-30175506949781138582024-02-19T17:29:00.003-07:002024-02-19T17:29:52.994-07:00February 19, 2024<p><b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Merritt Fire</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Reported: February 19,
2024, 3:41 p.m.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Location: 1 mile SE of
Pilot Knob (Pennington County, SD)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Size: 0.25 acre</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Resources: Federal,
State, and Local<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Cause: Human<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Contained: February 19,
2024, 5:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-18011172746202968782024-02-15T09:22:00.003-07:002024-02-15T10:59:30.214-07:00February 15, 2024 - Pile Burning<p><u> Black Hills National Forest</u></p>The Bearlodge Ranger District is continuing to burn piles from a past tornado on Moskee Road, to Forest Service Road (FSR) 875, to FSR 805 in the Smith Draw area for the next two weeks, as conditions permit.<div><br /></div>The Mystic Ranger District is planning to burn piles 3 miles northwest of Hill City, SD, off Deerfield Road, for the next two weeks, as conditions permit. <div><br /></div><div><u>South Dakota Wildland Fire</u></div><div>The Black Hat Handcrew will be burning hand piles approximately 3 miles southeast of Hill City off of the Old Hill City Road, as conditions permit. </div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-83014430103029944522024-02-14T09:25:00.000-07:002024-02-14T09:25:08.651-07:00February 14, 2024 - Pile Burning<p> <u>Black Hills National Forest</u></p>The Northern Hills Ranger District is planning to burn hand piles today, 2/14/24, 1 mile west/southwest of Nemo, SD. Smoke will be visible in the Nemo area.Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-78935815911445727482024-02-05T14:03:00.001-07:002024-02-05T16:24:59.663-07:00February 5, 2024<p> <b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Hay Creek Fire</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Reported: February 5,
2024; 1:03 p.m.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Location: 1</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> mile east of Aladdin, WY off Hwy 24 and Brakes Rd (</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">N </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">44.639967, W 104.147583)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Size: 20 acres</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Resources: Federal and
Local<o:p></o:p></span></p>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-23753249536852768222024-01-30T10:08:00.001-07:002024-01-30T10:08:28.376-07:00State of South Dakota Conducting a Prescribed Burn in Custer State Park<p> <b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">For
Immediate Release:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Monday, January 29, 2024</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Contact:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><a href="mailto:steve.long@state.sd.us"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Steve Long</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">, 605.431.6886, South Dakota Wildland Fire
Public Information Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Prescribed Burn at
Custer State Park set for January 31</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;">Rapid City</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">, S.D.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> – South Dakota Wildland Fire is planning a
prescribed burn</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">near the
intersection of Highway 16A and Wildlife Loop Road in coordination with Custer
State Park on Wednesday January 31, 2024. Mop-up and monitoring will continue
in the following days. If weather conditions are not favorable for any reason,
the prescribed burn will be rescheduled. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Firefighters
are planning to burn approximately 100 acres. Objectives of the burn are to
increase the diversity of forage and habitat for wildlife, improve native grass
growth, and provide safe and quality training for firefighting staff. Weather
conditions will be monitored closely to ensure prescribed fire conditions align
with management objectives for the burn. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Prescribed
fire is used to maintain healthy native vegetation and is needed to prevent the
encroachment of invasive species. Fire also reduces hazardous debris and dead
vegetation buildup, which can fuel wildfires.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Smoke
may be visible in the surrounding areas and can linger for several days after
ignition. Fire crews will secure, patrol, and monitor fire lines as appropriate
for public and firefighter safety. For more information on smoke management,
click </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgpfireinfo.blogspot.com%2Fp%2Fsmoke-management.html&data=05%7C02%7CJeni.Lawver%40USDA.GOV%7C9f6017e24ca4440177e308dc211de813%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C1%7C0%7C638421660724179367%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6bTyWjGWrBJIgxPQm54Y293xojPCnuxQtp%2B78JRmgKY%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Custer
State Park will be open as usual, but visitors should expect delays near the
prescribed burn area. For more information about park accessibility contact </span><a href="mailto:lydia.austin@state.sd.us"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lydia Austin</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">, 605.394.2693, Custer State Park
Visitor Services Manager</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-58731034325727519222024-01-24T10:40:00.001-07:002024-01-24T10:40:13.248-07:00January 24. 2024 - Pile Burning<p> <u> Black Hills National Forest</u></p>The Bearlodge Ranger District continues to burn piles from a past tornado on Moskee Road, to Forest Service Road (FSR) 875, to FSR 805 in the Smith Draw area for the next week, as conditions permit.Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-21019810946734769802024-01-23T13:00:00.001-07:002024-01-23T13:00:56.468-07:00January 23, 2024 - Pile Burning<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><u style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Black Hills National Forest</u></p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The Bearlodge Ranger District is burning large machine piles approximately 2 miles east of Cook Lake area over the next week. It has been determined that adequate snow cover is in place. Firefighters will continue monitoring the area as appropriate. </span><div><br /></div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-49866929797312757262024-01-22T11:53:00.001-07:002024-01-22T11:53:13.055-07:00January 22, 2024 - Pile Burning <p> <u style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Black Hills National Forest</u></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The Bearlodge Ranger District is burning large machine piles west of the Bearlodge Ranch Road which is located approximately 7 miles Northwest of Sundance. Piles will be burned throughout the week to minimize smoke impacts. Smoke will be visible from Highway 14. </span>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-42120944110173804642024-01-18T07:10:00.002-07:002024-01-18T07:10:30.627-07:00January 18, 2024 - Pile Burning<p><u> Black Hills National Forest</u></p>Northern Hills start ignitions on machine piles today, 1/18/24, on the east side of Hwy 385 and Benchmark Rd and also on the west side of Hwy 385 in the Roubaix Lake area with smoke expected to be visible from I-90.<div><br /></div>Hell Canyon (southern hills) will continue burning <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">approximately 100 machine piles, 11 miles
southeast of Four Corners, WY and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">5 miles southeast
of Mallo Camp through tomorrow, 1/19/24.</span>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-65087317041379996842024-01-17T12:33:00.003-07:002024-01-17T12:33:49.338-07:00January 17, 2024 - Pile Burning<p> <u style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Bureau of Land Management</u></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The South Dakota Field Office is burning hand piles near Nevada Gulch today in Lawrence County, 2 miles SW of Lead.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><u>South Dakota Wildland Fire</u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Custer State Park is burning slash piles in Custer County approximately 8 miles NE of Custer.</div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-42896496311874587262024-01-16T11:22:00.006-07:002024-01-16T13:16:17.726-07:00January 16, 2024 - Pile Burning<p><u> Black Hills National Forest</u></p>The Bearlodge Ranger District continues to burn piles from a past tornado even down Moskee Road, to Forest Service Road (FSR) 875, to FSR 805 in the Smith Draw area for the next two weeks, as conditions permit.<div><br /></div>Bearlodge fire plans to ignite one pile today, 1/16/24, west of Bearlodge Ranch Road. If consumption meets standards, the remaining piles will be burned 1/18. Smoke will be visible from Highway 14.<div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div><u>South Dakota Wildland Fire</u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div>The Rapid City District Office is burning hand piles on Pine Have Drive near Rockerville area for the next week, as conditions allow.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Hot Springs District Office is burning hand piles north of Hot Springs in the Hot Brook Canyon area for the next four days. </div><div><br /></div><div>South Dakota Wildland Fire and South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks is burning piles in Custer State Park approximately 6 acres east of Custer near Legion Lake. </div><div><br /></div><div><u>Bureau of Land Management</u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div>The South Dakota Field Office is burning both hand and machine piles near Fort Meade Recreation Area today.</div></div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-15362891764598455512024-01-12T08:14:00.014-07:002024-01-12T09:47:37.874-07:00January 12, 2024 - Pile Burning<p><u> Black Hills National Forest</u></p>Mystic fire (central hills) will be burning machine piles 2 miles south of Deerfield Reservoir and 11 miles NW of Hill City, SD for the next two weeks, as conditions allow. Smoke may be visible from Deerfield and surrounding areas.<div><br /></div>North Zone fire will be burning piles in Spearfish Canyon over the next two weeks, as conditions permit. The piles are located east of the Spearfish Canyon Volunteer Fire Department along Highway 14A. Crews are working to reduce surface fuels from past tornado events in the Canyon, with particular attention to important values at risk (homes, watersheds, etc.).<br /><br />Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-43964854455063426592024-01-11T13:16:00.002-07:002024-01-11T13:16:35.383-07:00January 11, 2024 - Pile Burning<p><u> Black Hills National Forest</u></p>The Northern Hills Ranger District plans on burning piles over the next two weeks, dependent on conditions, west of Vanocker Canyon Road, north of Nemo Road, and approximately 3 miles NW of Nemo, SD.<br /><br />Hell Canyon (southern hills) will be burning approximately 100 machine piles, 7 miles east of Four Corners, WY and 1 miles east of Mallo camp over the next four days.<br /><br />Bearlodge fire (Sundance, WY) is continuing to burn piles from a past tornado event in the Smith Draw area of Wyoming. The piles are located off Moskee Road to Forest Service Road (FSR) 875 to FSR 805.<br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div><br /><br /></div></div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-73283128577197376572024-01-09T08:15:00.008-07:002024-01-10T12:52:25.828-07:00January 9, 2024 - Pile Burning<p><u>Black Hills National Forest</u></p>The Northern Hills Ranger District is planning to burn machine piles over the next 7 days, as conditions allow in the Pounder project area, located approximately 6 miles west of Sturgis and north of highway 14A. <div><br /></div><div><u>Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands</u></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Beginning Wednesday (1/10) and lasting through the week, the Pine Ridge Ranger District will be conducting prescribed burns on Forest Service land. Today, the burns will occur at the Pine Ridge Ranger District Work Center (located at 16524 Hwy 385, Chadron, NE) and near Camp Norwesca (south of Chadron State Park). Tomorrow, the burns will occur near West and East Ash roads and near Red Cloud Campground.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>South Dakota Wildland Fire</u></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1e1f; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;">Custer State Park, in collaboration with South Dakota Wildland Fire (SDWF), will be burning slash piles in the park this winter as long as conditions allow. The Park’s goal is to burn both large machine-made slash piles and smaller hand-built piles. Both the Park and SDWF will be providing personnel and equipment to conduct and</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0070c0;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;">monitor the burns throughout the winter.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1e1f; margin: 12pt 0in 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The piles are created from left-over unsalable woody debris generated by timber sales and small tree thinning projects. The burns are designed to reduce the amount of fuel available for fires and to lessen the risk of fires starting or spreading. Piles can be expected to continue burning for days after ignited. Firefighters will continually monitor the piles until they are out.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1e1f; margin: 12pt 0in 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For more information contact the Custer State Park Office at 605.394.2693 or by email at <a href="mailto:custerstatepark@state.sd.us" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #918412;">custerstatepark@state.sd.us</span></a>.</span></span></p></div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242406968915475200.post-62849528120954756272024-01-08T10:18:00.008-07:002024-01-09T10:04:19.905-07:00January 8 & 9, 2024 - Pile Burning<p><u> Black Hills National Forest</u></p>Over the next week, Bearlodge fire (located in Sundance, WY) will be burning piles on Fish Mountain. <div><br /> Bearlodge fire will also be burning piles for the next several weeks to reduce surface fuels from a past tornado event. The piles are located off Moskee Road, Forest Service Road (FSR) 875, and FSR 805 in the Smith Draw area.<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></p>Northern Hills fire is igniting three small units of hand piles today, January 8, 2024. The piles are located south and west of Sturgis at the end of Deadman Road, east west of Lead Country Club off of Hanna Road, and 3 miles east of O’Neil Pass along Rapid Creek Road.<div><br /></div><div>Starting tomorrow, 1/9/24, and over the next two weeks, conditions permitting, Northern Hills will also be burning piles located west of Vanocker Canyon Road and north of Cabin Springs Road. <br /><br />Over the next two weeks, as conditions permit, Mystic fire (central hills) will be burning hand and machine piles off of Six Mile, 15 miles west of Hill City, SD; 8 miles west of Rapid City, SD along Brush Creek trail and Forest Service Road 772.1; and 3 miles Northwest of Hill City, SD.</div></div>Great Plains Fire Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940126458167043612noreply@blogger.com