Brass 2 Fire
Date Reported: December 28, 2024, 6:00am
Location: 4 miles WSW of Rockerville
Size: 0.1 acres
Resources Responded: Local
Cause: Human
Status: Out
Monday, December 30, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024
December 19, 2024 - Update
McGee Fire - Updated
Date Reported: December 19, 2024, 12:15am
Location: 5 miles SW of Rapid City, SD
Size: 46.2 acres
Resources Responded: Local, State, and Federal
Cause: Unknown
Status: as of 0800 Dec 20, 50% contained.
Gordon Fire
Date Reported: December 19, 2024, 3:31am
Location: 1 mile SW of Sheridan Lake
Size: 13.4 acres
Resources Responded: Local, State, and Federal
Cause: Unknown
Status: Controlled
Monday, December 9, 2024
Pile Burning December 10, 2024
On 12/10/2024, South Dakota Wildland Fire will be conducting
a pile burn in the area of Elk Creek Road and Little Elk Creek Road near
Deadwood, SD 2 miles east of HWY 385.
Ignitions will begin the morning of Tuesday, 12/10/2024 and
may continue through Friday, 12/13/2024. The project is 4 acres of privately
owned forested property that was fuels reduced in the summer of 2022. There are
96 total hand piles on the project.
Possible areas of smoke impact are Elk Creek Rd, Little Elk
Creek Rd, and Coyote Ridge Rd.
Pile Burning December 9, 2024
Forest
Service News Release
Media Contact:
Scott Jacobson, Public Affairs Officer
(605) 440-1409
Pile Burning to begin soon on the Black Hills National Forest
Custer, S.D., December 9, 2024 — With the recent snowfall across the Black Hills National Forest, Ranger Districts will begin burning thousands of hand and machine slash piles. Piles are created from timber sale slash and tree thinning operations.
Piles are only ignited when managers are confident that the project can be undertaken safely with considerations to snow cover, wind, temperature, available staffing, and smoke dispersal. Public and firefighter safety is always the number-one priority in all burning operations. Firefighters continually monitor and check the piles for several days after they have been lit.
“It is very important to reduce fire and insect hazards by reducing fuel buildup,” said Jason Virtue, Black Hills National Forest Fire Management Officer. “We appreciate the support from the communities. Being able to reduce these fuels this time of year makes fire suppression operations safer during the summer months.”
Smoke will be visible and may impact local communities across the Black Hills for the next several months. Smoldering material may continue to burn days after burning operations are completed.
For
more pile burning information and notifications, follow the Black Hills
National Forest on the Great Plains Fire Information page: http://gpfireinfo.blogspot.com/,
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blackhillsnf and/or Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlackHillsNF
For
more information on the Black Hills National Forest, visit www.fs.usda.gov/blackhills.
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Saturday, December 7, 2024
December 7, 2024
Marie Fire
Date Reported: December 7, 2024
Location: 1 mile N of Fort Pierre
Size: 1.0 acre
Resources Responded: State
Cause: Human
Current Status| Contained
Twin Lake Fire
Date Reported: December 7, 2024
Location: 9 Miles NW of Fort Pierre
Size: 0.10 acres
Resources Responded: Federal
Cause: Human
Current Status: Out
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