Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 14,493 acres in South Dakota, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to October 1, 1991.
- Size
- 14,493 acres
- Ignition
- October 1, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 14,493 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 45.535, -100.688.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 14,493 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 1, 1991
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4553510068819911001
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in South Dakota in 19916
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirttail Fire | 6,825 | Apr 4, 1991 | |
| Yellowrobe Fire | 4,679 | Sep 21, 1991 | |
| Horse Creek/Mcvay Fire | 2,084 | Apr 5, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,436 | Aug 28, 1991 | |
| N. Route Fire | 1,292 | Sep 28, 1991 | |
| Dewey 2 Fire | 1,102 | Oct 1, 1991 |
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.