March 30, 2021 Fire updates:
#1. Schroeder Fire, Pennington County, 4 miles west of Rapid City, state land
* 1,900 acres
* Active fire behavior last evening in Cleghorn Canyon and Nameless Cave areas
* Schroeder Fire Inciweb Link - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7356/
* This will be the FINAL post on this blog site for the Schroeder Fire. Please follow the Inciweb link (above) for further information.
#2. 244 Fire
* Pennington County, 1 1/5 mile southwest of Keystone, federal land
* 90 acres
* Cause under investigation
* Fire head active; but general fire creeping and smoldering
* Mount Rushmore continues closed
* 244 Inciweb Link: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7355/
* This will be the FINAL post on this blog site for the 244 Fire. Please follow the Inciweb link (above) for further information
#3. Brown Canyon, Weston County 9 miles north, north east of Newcastle, WY
* Contained 3/29/2021 @ 5 PM
* Control 3/29/2021 @ 6 PM
* This will be the FINAL post for the Brown Canyon Fire
#4. Bobcat Fire Pennington Co 8 miles west-southwest of Hill City, state land
* Contained 3/29/2021 at 5:41 PM
#5. Argyle Fire Custer County 5 1/2 miles northwest of Hot Springs, federal land
* Contained 3/29/2021 at 6:48 PM
* Control 3/30/2021 at 10:14 AM
* This will be the FINAL post for the Argyle Fire
#6. Dry Creek Fire, Jones County 9 miles north west of Murdo, private land
UPDATED 3/30/2021 AT 6:30 PM
* 9,911 acres (FINAL)
* Final acreage measure also showed that there was a 1/2 section of state school land
* 100% contained
* Continuing mop-up
* Cause: under investigation
* Total 5 structures burned
# 7. Keystone Fire, Pennington County, 1/2 mile south of Keystone, state land
UPDATED 3/30/2021 AT 6:30 PM
* 9.3 acres
* 50% Contained
* Significant smoke in area
* Plans to have hand crews in the burn area tomorrow
* Continue working to get a line around it
#8. 79 Fire, Custer/Fall River County Line, west side, Southwest of Buffalo Gap, private land
* Reported 3/30/2021 at 4:46 PM
* Size 0.12 acres
* Cause: under investigation
* Contained 3/30/2021 at 5:46 PM
