Monday, July 18, 2016

July 18, 2016

Wapati (6:30 pm)
  • Located in Weston County, 4 miles NNE of Four Corners, Wyoming
  • Size: .10 acres
Smith (2:18 pm)
  • Located 4 miles west of Bear Mountain
  • Forest service and Helicopter 7TA responded
  • Size: 1 acre
  • Cause: Lightning
Huseby (1:20 pm)
  • Located North of Manly Heel, 5 miles east of Devil's Tower
  • Federal resources responded
  • Size: .10 acres
  • Contained
  • Cause: Lightning
Meadow (11:36 am)
  • Located in Summit Ridge, Pennington County on the Wyoming/South Dakota border
  • Size: 2-3 acres
  • Cause: lightning
  • Federal, BLM and VFD resources responded
Whitehorse (11:03 am)
  • Located in Pennington County between Custer and Hill City; about 4 miles southwest of Hill City
  • Federal, State, and VFD resources responded along with a Type 3 helicopter
  • Cause: unknown lightning
  • Size: .5 acres 2 acres
Cliff (10:46 pm)
  • Located in the Dawes County cliff area
  • Size: .10 acres
  • Controlled
Bear (4:58 am)
  • Located in Custer County, Approximately 10 miles northeast of Jewel Cave near Pennington County border
  • Size: .10 acres
  • Cause: Lightning
  • Federal resources responded
  • Fire is controlled
Pine Grove (1:56 am)
  • Located in Pennington County, 2 miles southeast of Reptile Gardens
  • Size: .10 acres
  • Cause: Lightning
  • Federal, State and Rockerville VFD resources responded
  • Fire is contained