Wildfires of 1985

Game Range Fire

1985South DakotaWildfire

The Game Range Fire burned 4,064 acres in South Dakota, in 1985. MTBS dates its ignition to July 5, 1985.

Size
4,064 acres
Ignition
July 5, 1985

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,064 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.381, -101.967.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
4,064 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
July 5, 1985
State
South Dakota
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
SD4338110196719850705
MTBS assessment
Initial
Note on the perimeter
Most logical imagery used and fire is ok even with the extreme rdnbr offset Evergreen is on the scar so the high severity is appropriate

Other large fires in South Dakota in 198512

FireAcresStartCause
Flint Hills Fire21,055Jul 12, 1985
Yellowbear Fire19,223Apr 14, 1985
4th Ofjuly Fire18,201Jul 4, 1985
Seven Sisters Fire8,461Jul 12, 1985
Lantz Fire6,852
Calico Fire6,481Apr 14, 1985
Whitebutte Fire5,690Aug 6, 1985
Sage Creek Fire2,997Apr 10, 1985
Threemile Fire2,444Mar 25, 1985
May Fire1,823Jul 3, 1985
Norbeck Fire1,803Apr 11, 1985
Circle E Fire1,531Aug 11, 1985

Every fire of 1985 South Dakota fire history

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Sources

Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.