Game Range Fire
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Hills Fire | 21,055 | Jul 12, 1985 | |
| Yellowbear Fire | 19,223 | Apr 14, 1985 | |
| 4th Ofjuly Fire | 18,201 | Jul 4, 1985 | |
| Seven Sisters Fire | 8,461 | Jul 12, 1985 | |
| Lantz Fire | 6,852 | ||
| Calico Fire | 6,481 | Apr 14, 1985 | |
| Whitebutte Fire | 5,690 | Aug 6, 1985 | |
| Sage Creek Fire | 2,997 | Apr 10, 1985 | |
| Threemile Fire | 2,444 | Mar 25, 1985 | |
| May Fire | 1,823 | Jul 3, 1985 | |
| Norbeck Fire | 1,803 | Apr 11, 1985 | |
| Circle E Fire | 1,531 | Aug 11, 1985 |
Nearby
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.