May Fire
The May Fire burned 1,823 acres in South Dakota, in 1985. MTBS dates its ignition to July 3, 1985.
- Size
- 1,823 acres
- Ignition
- July 3, 1985
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,823 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.429, -102.018.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,823 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 3, 1985
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4342910201819850703
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- There is some moderate burn from riparian vegetation on this grassland fire
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 | |
| Game Range Fire | 4,064 | Jul 5, 1985 | |
| Sage Creek Fire | 2,997 | Apr 10, 1985 | |
| Threemile Fire | 2,444 | Mar 25, 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.