March 12th Update - 4:45 pm

Elk Horn Rd Fire

100% Contained

Location: Northwest of Piedmont
Report Time:  12:17 pm   3/12/18
Size: 1.49 acres

Cause: Human
Located on Private Land
State and Local resources on scene.  Forward progress of the fire has been stopped.

Silver Mountain Fire

Declared OUT

Location: Private property near SD Highway 16, 3 miles west of Rockerville
Report Time:  12:10 pm   3/3/18
Size: 2.9 acres

100% Contained
Cause: Human


Strato Rim Fire

Declared OUT

Location: 1.5 miles northest of Rockerville
Report Time:  12:29 pm   3/11/18

Elk Horn Rd Fire

Elk Horn Rd Fire

Location: Northwest of Piedmont
Report Time:  12:17 pm
Size: 1.49 acres

Cause: Human
Located on Private Land
State and Local resources on scene.  Forward progress of the fire has been stopped.

Chimney Canyon Fire - Update 3/9/18

Chimney Canyon Fire  - Update 3/9/18  5:25 pm

100% Contained

Crews made good progress today mopping up.  The fire will remain in contained status and monitored the next few days.

Additionally, the Crooked Canyon Fire and Victoria Road #1 Fire have been called out.

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The Chimney Canyon fire is now 14.18 acres and continues to burn within the 2005 Ricco Fire burn scar.  Resources have secured the edges and will remain on scene throughout the night.   A temperature inversion is expected to move into the area tonight resulting in very smoky conditions across the I-90 Corridor from Sturgis to Blackhawk.   Snags will continue to burn and flames may be visible.  Again, resources are on scene and the fire is being monitored.

*Temperature Inversion - occurs when cold air close to the ground is trapped by a layer of warmer air.  This causes smoke to become trapped close to the ground instead of rising into the atmosphere and dispersing.

Update 3:25 pm
Resources are making good progress despite the amount of dead and down fuels from fires in the past.   The fire is burning in the 2005 Ricco Fire burn scar and is estimated at 5-7 acres.   Having started on private land, it has now progressed onto U.S. Forest Service.  The cause is currently under investigation.  

Location: Northwest of Piedmont
Report Time:  12:43 pm
Size: 14.18 acres

Cause: under investigation (no controlled burns were being conducted in the area today)
Federal, State, and Local resources on scene

Cosmos Fire

Cosmos Fire - 3/6/2017
Location: US Forest Service lands near Cosmos Mystery Area, approx. 5 miles SW of Rapid City, SD
Size: .3 acres

Cause: under investigation
Contained @ 10:09 a.m.
Federal, State, and Local resources responded.

March 5, 2018

Crooked Canyon Fire
Location: Private land east of Summerset, SD
Size: 2.2 acres

Cause: human
Contained @ 3:49 p.m.
Federal, State, and Local resources responded.
 

Custer Gap Fire

.8 acres
100% contained
Nemo and Norris Peak Road

March 3, 2018 Fire Update

Silver Mountain Fire
Location: Private property near SD Highway 16, 3 miles west of Rockerville
Size: 2.9 acres

100% Contained
Cause: Human
State and Local resources on scene.

We will post more information as it becomes available. Please check back later this afternoon for more details.