Bad Bob Fire
The Bad Bob Fire burned 1,368 acres in South Dakota, in 1994. It was discovered on September 25, 1994, and contained on September 26, 1994. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,368 acres
- Discovered
- September 25, 1994
- Contained
- September 26, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,064 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.175, -102.654.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,368 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,064 acres
- Discovered
- September 25, 1994, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 26, 1994, 4:00 a.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
- SD4316710266019940925
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-311955
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 19943
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hills Fire | 1,807 | ||
| Corson County Fire | 1,591 | Sep 9, 1994 | Natural |
| Short Bull Fire | 1,250 | Sep 17, 1994 | 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.