Wildfires of 1987

Battle Mtn Fire

1987South DakotaWildfire

The Battle Mtn Fire burned 2,477 acres in South Dakota, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to July 23, 1987.

Size
2,477 acres
Ignition
July 23, 1987

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,477 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.465, -103.439.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,477 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
July 23, 1987
State
South Dakota
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
SD4346510343919870723
MTBS assessment
Initial

Other large fires in South Dakota in 19879

FireAcresStartCause
Grass CK3 Fire11,124Sep 26, 1987
Big Fire9,107Sep 26, 1987
Coffee Fire5,240Aug 11, 1987
Mission Fire3,578Sep 2, 1987
Bison Trap Fire2,602Apr 15, 1987
Mander 8 Fire2,452Aug 29, 1987
Unnamed Fire1,903Aug 9, 1987
Unnamed Fire1,871Oct 11, 1987
Pow Line Fire1,103Jan 11, 1987

Every fire of 1987 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.