Wildfire, Brown
- When
- March 30, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in South Dakota, March 30, 2025
Dry and mild conditions continued into late March for portions of northeast South Dakota. A grass fire 5 miles north northeast of Aberdeen burned into an auto salvage yard destroying approximately 40 vehicles that were used for spare parts.
Where it happened
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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.
Dry and mild conditions continued into late March for portions of northeast South Dakota. A grass fire 5 miles north northeast of Aberdeen burned into an auto salvage yard destroying approximately 40 vehicles that were used for spare parts.
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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1237312.