July 31st

Strawberry CA 1:29 pm

• Location: 8 miles north of Hulett, WY
• Size: 191 acres
• Cause: human
• Resources on scene

Devil's Canyon 3:45 pm

• Location: east of Edgemont, 2 miles south of Flint Hill
• Size:  8.75 acres
• Cause: lightning
• Resources on scene

Blowout CA 2:04 pm

• Location: north of Oahe Dame
• Size: .1 acres
• Resources on scene

July 30th

Irish 9:01 am

• Abandoned campfire

Strawberry CA 1:29 pm

• Located 8 miles north of Hulett, WY
• Size: 191 acres
• Human caused
• Resources on scene

Devil's Canyon 3:43 pm

• Located east of Edgemont, 2 miles south of Flint Hill
• Size: 4 acres
• Cause: lightning
• Resources on scene
• 75% contained

July 25, 2017

Mowree 12:34 pm

• Location: South of Presho near White River
• Size: 3.7 acres

Pine Glen 12:58 pm

• Location: North of Ainsworth
• Size: 5 acres

7/23/17 - 7/24/17

7/24/17

Chilson Wildfire 5:50 am

• Location: 4 mi S of Minnekahta
• Size: 10 acres 20 acres  40-50 acres 33.4 acres (7/25 update)
• Resources on scene:
• 4 engines
• 3 hand crews
• Type 3 helicopter
• 1 SEAT
• 2 Black Hawk Helicopters
• Cause: unknown Lightning

Photo Credit: Mark Menning, Black Hat Crew Boss

Photo Credit: Mark Menning, Black Hat Crew Boss

Photo Credit: Mark Menning, Black Hat Crew Boss

Boardinghouse  8:59 am

•  Location: Black Buttes, Bearlodge in Wyoming 
• Size: .1 acre
• Cause: Lightning
• Contained and controlled

Griggs 10:58 am

• Location: Grigg's Gulch, Lawrence County, South of Crow Peak
• Size: .25 acres  1 acre 1.5 acres
• Resources on scene
• Cause: Lightning
• Contained

#4 False Alarm 11:14 am

• Location: Spearfish Mountain 

#5 False Alarm 1:16 pm
 
Gooseberry  1:19 pm

• Location: East of Summit Ridge 
• Size: 1 acre 3 acres 3.17 acres
• Controlled
• Cause: Lightning

Spring Creek 2:59 pm

•  Location: Crook County
• Size: 2 acres
• Contained at 8:00 pm

Burno 3:19 pm

• Location: Spearfish Mountain
• Size: 1 acre
• Resources on scene
• Cause: Lightning
• Contained at 7:45 pm

#9 5:55 pm

• Location: Crook County, WY

#10 7:46 pm

• Location: Crook County, WY

7/23/17


Hylle Wildfire

• Location: off Hazel Rod rd, approx. 1.5 miles SW of Stockade Lake, outside of Custer, SD
• Size: 0.25 acres
• Resources on scene
• Contained and Controlled

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Negabauer Wildfire

• Location: Approx. 19 miles S of Edgemont, SD/near the SD/NE state line
• Size: 36 acres (updated 7/23)
• Resources on scene
• There was a flair up on 7/23 which increased the size to 36 acres
• No new containment since the flair up. There was original containment on the 22nd at 10pm.

Black Hill Wildfire 

• Location: Approx. 4 miles SW of Cook Lake, WY on Forest Service land
• Size: 1.91 acres
• Resources on scene
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled (updated 7/23)

Crow Wildfire 

• Location: N of Crow Peak near Spearfish, SD
• Size: 1.2 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• Contained

Friday, July 21, 2017

NOTE: Smoke drifts in the Black Hills area today are coming from the Lodgepole Complex fire along the Missouri River in Central Montana: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5399/. 

For more information on smoke management, see: http://gpfireinfo.blogspot.com/p/smoke-management.html.



8 p.m.

Mahoney Wildfire

• Location: Mahoney Draw, approx. 3.5 miles NW of Cook Lake in WY on county.
• Size: 0.67 acre
• Contained

Manly Wildfire

• Location: Approx. 7 miles SW of Cook Lake in WY on county.
• Size: 1 acre
• Contained

209 Wildfire

• Location: Off of Blacktail Rd,, approx. 4 miles West of Cook Lake in WY on county.
• Size: 0.1 acre
• Contained

Russel Wildfire

• Location: Off of Blacktail Rd, approx. 6 miles East of Devil's Tower in WY on Forest Service land.
• Size: 0.1 acre
• Contained

Geis Wildfire

• Location: Approx. 0.5 miles East of Gets Reservoir in WY on county
• Size: 0.16 acre
• Contained

4:30 p.m.

Sun Ridge Wildfire

• A final update on the Sun Ridge Fire can be found here http://bit.ly/2uJ90kz (updated 7/22)
• For more information on the Sun Ridge wildfire, contact Public Information Officer: Jim Bussell, 605-863-0061
• Location: Approx. 1 mile west of Rapid City, off of Nemo Rd.
• Size: 1.5 acres
• 70% contained
• Fire crews continue to put in and reinforce hand-line around the fire.
• No structures threatened
• Resources: Local, VFDs, Federal and State
• Cause: unknown

3:40 p.m.

SourDough Wildfire

• Location: Approx. 7 miles North of Hulett, WY in Crook County, WY on private
• Size: 10 acres (updated 7/22)
• Contained

Martin Wildfire

• Location: 1 mi NE of Richardson Well, West of Pleasant Valley Rd. Approx. 17.5 miles SW of Custer, SD
• Size: 8.25 acres (updated 7/22)
• Resources on scene

Teddy Bear Wildfire

• Location: Approx. 7.5 miles SW of Rochford, SD
• Size: 0.1 acre
• Cause: Unknown

Shaw Wildfire

• Location: NE of Devils Tower/Northern Bearlodge on private
• Size: 0.65 acres
• Cause: Lightning
• Contained at 3:15 p.m.

12:02 p.m.

Togus Wildfire

• Location: 9 miles north of Sundance, WY
• Size: 0.1 acre (single tree)
• Cause: Lightning
• Resources: Federal
• Controlled

10:19 a.m.

Eden Wildfire

• Location: NE of I-90 between Whitewood and Sturgis Remmington Pl on private
• Size: 0.1 acre (single tree)
• Cause: Lightning
• Controlled

Thursday July 20, 2017

Brownlee Wildfire 
Reported: 3:30 pm, July 19
Location: South of Valentine, NE
Size: 1 acre
Cause: Lightning
Contained

North 2 Wildfire
Reported: 11:33 pm, July 19
Location: 2 miles east of Halsey, NE
Size: 15 acres
Resources: state and local
Cause: Lightning
Contained

Big Canyon Wildfire 
Reported: 6:20 am, July 20
Location: 4 miles so. of Chadron, NE
Size: .1 acre
Resources: Federal and Local
Cause: Lightning