Wildfire, Lyman
- When
- February 19, 1:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman County, Kennebec
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.896, -99.847 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in South Dakota, February 19, 2000
Due to the extremely dry and windy conditions, a fire, believed to be started by a discarded cigarette, burned about 40 square miles of grassland between Kennebec and Lower Brule. The fire threatened a ranch but changed directions before anyone had to be evacuated.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABR wrote it up.
Due to the extremely dry and windy conditions, a fire, believed to be started by a discarded cigarette, burned about 40 square miles of grassland between Kennebec and Lower Brule. The fire threatened a ranch but changed directions before anyone had to be evacuated.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in New York, February 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 19, 2000
- Rip Current in Guam, February 19, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 19, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 19 to 21, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 19, 2000
- Flooding in Indiana, February 19 to 29, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, February 19, 2000
- Flood in Kentucky, February 19, 2000
- Flood in Indiana, February 19 to 26, 2000
- Flood in Indiana, February 19, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, February 19, 2000
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, February 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5132270.