Incident #1:
* Pilger Mountain
* Reported at 10:49 AM
* USFS Lands, 0.9 acre
* Lightning caused
* 100% Controlled
Incident #2: False Alarm
* Custer County, near Pilger Mountain
Incident #3: False Alarm
Monday, May 29, 2017
Sunday, May 14, 2017
May 14, 2017 - Update
Wish Fire
* Reported at 3:47 pm. Controlled at 7:30 pm
* Cause Lighting
* Size 0.25 acres
* US Forest Service Land
* Federal Resources responded
Mother's Day Fire
* Reported at 3:47 pm. Controlled at 7:30 pm
* Cause Lighting
* Size 0.25 acres
* US Forest Service Land
* Federal Resources responded
Mother's Day Fire
* Reported at 1:43 pm; contained at 5:17 pm.
* East of Chadron off Bordeaux Road, State jurisdiction - NE Game and Parks Wildlife Managment Area
* < 1 acre
* Federal resource
* In mop-up
Friday, May 12, 2017
Friday, May 12, 2017
* Mountain Goat Fire
* < 0.1 acre
* Reported at 10:54 am and 100% controlled at 11:30 am
* Cause - lightning
* Private land, approx. 4 1/2 miles south of Custer, SD
* State and Federal Resources responded
* < 0.1 acre
* Reported at 10:54 am and 100% controlled at 11:30 am
* Cause - lightning
* Private land, approx. 4 1/2 miles south of Custer, SD
* State and Federal Resources responded
Thursday, May 11, 2017
May 11, 20017 Updated at 5:30 PM
Chester Middle Pasture RX prescribed burn. Final Post
Above, Initial ignition
Rx Burn progressing, above and the burn crew, below.
* 100% contained; mop-up continues.
* Photo credits, Ryan Cumbow, FMO
* Final size 354 acres on the Fort Pierre National Grassland
* Approx. 6 miles northwest of Vivian, SD
* Federal, state and local resources. Most released by 5:30 p.m. Monitoring will continue as needed.
* Ignition today at 12:30 pm, CDT; 100% contained at 5:30 pm.
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Above, Initial ignition
Rx Burn progressing, above and the burn crew, below.
* 100% contained; mop-up continues.
* Photo credits, Ryan Cumbow, FMO
* Final size 354 acres on the Fort Pierre National Grassland
* Approx. 6 miles northwest of Vivian, SD
* Federal, state and local resources. Most released by 5:30 p.m. Monitoring will continue as needed.
* Ignition today at 12:30 pm, CDT; 100% contained at 5:30 pm.
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Saturday, May 6, 2017
May 6, 2017
Updated 8:52 pm
* Anchor Fire, reported at 1:40 pm. 100% contained at 8:20 pm.
* Lawrence County, SD, 4 miles east of Lead
* 1.4 acres
* Human caused
* Local and federal resources on scene
Friday, May 5, 2017
May 5, 2017
* Double S prescribed burn.
* Bessey Range Dist., NE National Forests & Grasslands
* 920 acres
* So. Of Dist. Office, near Dismal River
Thursday, May 4, 2017
May 4, 2017
Parker Peak Fire
North Strip Prescribed Fire
- Reported at 12:05 p.m.
- Located 4 miles south of Minnekahta, SD
- Size: 5 acres
- Federal and State resources on scene
North Strip Prescribed Fire
- Ignition began at 10 a.m.
- Located 3.5 miles south of the Bessey Ranger District on Nebraska National Forests & Grasslands
- Size: 904 acres
- Federal and local resources on scene