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