Saturday, July 16, 2016

July 16, 2016

Sletto (10:36 pm)
  • Located in Stanley County, Nebraska grasslands
  • Controlled at 4.66 acres
Walden Hills (9:37 pm)
  • Located in Fall River County, 1 mile northwest of Agate Dam
  • Size: 6.26 acres
#14 (8:35 pm) FALSE ALARM

Rock Bass (7:50 pm)
  • Located in Rock Bass Reservoir, Nebraska
  • Size: 30 acres
Sawmill (7:20 pm)
  • Located in Lawrence County in the Whitewood Area
  • Controlled at .10 acres
  • Cause: Lightning
  • State and VFD resources responded
OAK (7:15 pm)
  • Located on Elk Creek Road in Piedmont
  • Contained at .10 acres
#10 (6:16 pm) FALSE ALARM
  • Located in Nebraska, north of Crawford
  • Nebraska and VFD resources are responding
Rock #9 (6:31 pm)
  • Located in the Piedmont area
  • State and VFD resources are responding
  • Contained at 309 acres
#8 (6:15 pm) FALSE ALARM

#7 (5:33 pm) FALSE ALARM

Shannon (5:29 pm)
  • Located 4 miles east of Jewel Cave
  • Cause: Lightning
  • Size: .10 acres
  • Federal and VFD resources responded
  • Fire is out 
Rocky (5:24 pm)
  • Located in Fall River County on Rocky Ford Road south of Hot Springs
  • Size: 1.6 acres
  • Cause: Lightning
  • State and VFD on scene
  • Contained
#4 (5:16 pm) FALSE ALARM
  • Located in Lawrence County near Spearfish Canyon Lodge
Indian Canyon (5:02 pm)
  • Located 5 miles SE of Edgmont, SD
  • Nebraska National Forest, Black Hills National Forest, SD Wildland Fire, Sout Dakota Single Engine Air Tankers (SEAT) and Nebraska SEAT responded
  • Fire is up to 6,000 acres

Gose Fire (10:44 am)
  • Located in Crook County, Wyoming; west of Macuma Reservoir
  • .10 acres
  • Cause: Unknown
  • Federal resources responded 
  • Contained

Timber Fire (6:50 am)
  • Located in Lawrence County, south of Iron Creek Lake
  • .10 acres
  • Cause: Lightning
  • Federal resources responded with a heavy helicopter
  • Estimated containment at 2 pm
  • Estimated control at 4 pm
  • Controlled at .25 acres