Wildfires of 1992

New Underwood Fire

1992South DakotaWildfire

The New Underwood Fire burned 33,000 acres in South Dakota, in 1992. It was discovered on October 22, 1992. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
33,000 acres
Discovered
October 22, 1992
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 44.038, -103.030.

The record

Reported final size
33,000 acres
Discovered
October 22, 1992
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
South Dakota
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SD_196

Other large fires in South Dakota in 19927

FireAcresStartCause
Whiteriver Fire5,970Sep 26, 1992Human
Hermosa Fire3,734Oct 13, 1992Human
Piyawiconi Fire3,500Oct 25, 1992Human
Bitter Creek Fire2,443Oct 20, 1992Human
Ridge Runn Fire1,705Oct 22, 1992Human
Spring Lk Fire1,435Apr 30, 1992
Unnamed Fire948Mar 25, 1992Human

Every fire of 1992 South Dakota fire history

Nearby

Sources

Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.