Smithwick Fire
The Smithwick Fire burned 1,155 acres in South Dakota, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to August 19, 1988.
- Size
- 1,155 acres
- Ignition
- August 19, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,155 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.252, -102.862.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,155 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 19, 1988
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4325210286219880819
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in South Dakota in 19886
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning Fire | 18,420 | Sep 10, 1988 | |
| Galena Fire | 16,931 | Jul 5, 1988 | |
| Short Pines Fire | 5,513 | Jun 20, 1988 | |
| Westberry Trail Fire | 3,944 | Jul 26, 1988 | |
| Windy Point Fire | 1,333 | Mar 22, 1988 | |
| Fairburn Fire | 1,036 | Mar 20, 1988 |
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.