Wildfire, Harding
- When
- September 17, 1:10 AM MST to September 18, 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in South Dakota, September 17 to 18, 2000
Thunderstorms that moved through northwestern South Dakota caused several lightning fires. Twenty-one fires were reported in Harding County.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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 UNR wrote it up.
Thunderstorms that moved through northwestern South Dakota caused several lightning fires. Twenty-one fires were reported in Harding County. The three largest fires burned a total of 17,000 acres, with another 1,000 acres burned by the smaller fires. Several old buildings and corrals were destroyed, but no occupied homes were lost. In Perkins County, two fires were reported. The largest was 4,500 acres northeast of Meadow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Perkins
- When
- September 17, 2:00 AM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.491, -102.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Rip Current in Florida, September 17, 2000
- Hurricane in Florida, September 17 to 18, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, September 17, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, September 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Florida, September 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 17 to 18, 2000
- Wildfire and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 17 to 19, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, September 17, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, September 17, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, September 17, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, September 17, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, September 17, 2000
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, September 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: 5157958, 5157959.