Bison Trap Fire
The Bison Trap Fire burned 2,602 acres in South Dakota, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to April 15, 1987.
- Size
- 2,602 acres
- Ignition
- April 15, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,602 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.620, -103.444.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,602 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 15, 1987
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4362010344419870415
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in South Dakota in 19879
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass CK3 Fire | 11,124 | Sep 26, 1987 | |
| Big Fire | 9,107 | Sep 26, 1987 | |
| Coffee Fire | 5,240 | Aug 11, 1987 | |
| Mission Fire | 3,578 | Sep 2, 1987 | |
| Battle Mtn Fire | 2,477 | Jul 23, 1987 | |
| Mander 8 Fire | 2,452 | Aug 29, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,903 | Aug 9, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,871 | Oct 11, 1987 | |
| Pow Line Fire | 1,103 | Jan 11, 1987 |
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.