Whiteriver Fire
The Whiteriver Fire burned 5,970 acres in South Dakota, in 1992. It was discovered on September 26, 1992, and contained on September 29, 1992. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 5,970 acres
- Discovered
- September 26, 1992
- Contained
- September 29, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,152 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.350, -102.784.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,970 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,152 acres
- Discovered
- September 26, 1992, 11:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 29, 1992, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Pine Ridge Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4334510276919920926
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-311531
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in South Dakota in 19927
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Underwood Fire | 33,000 | Oct 22, 1992 | Human |
| Hermosa Fire | 3,734 | Oct 13, 1992 | Human |
| Piyawiconi Fire | 3,500 | Oct 25, 1992 | Human |
| Bitter Creek Fire | 2,443 | Oct 20, 1992 | Human |
| Ridge Runn Fire | 1,705 | Oct 22, 1992 | Human |
| Spring Lk Fire | 1,435 | Apr 30, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 948 | Mar 25, 1992 | Human |
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. 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.