Wildfire, Brown
- When
- March 29, 11:30 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 1 mi S of Aberdeen Arpt
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in South Dakota, March 29, 2000
Due to the extremely dry conditions and increasing winds, a controlled burn on a field south of the Aberdeen Airport leaped out of bounds and spread within yards of residential property on south Melgaard Road. Twenty acres of land were burned.
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 conditions and increasing winds, a controlled burn on a field south of the Aberdeen Airport leaped out of bounds and spread within yards of residential property on south Melgaard Road. Twenty acres of land were burned.
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
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 29, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 29, 2000
- Hail in Arkansas, March 29, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, March 29, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, March 29, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 29 to 30, 2000
- Hail in Texas, March 29, 2000
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, March 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: 5136070.