Wildfires of 1995

Cuzn T 01 Fire

1995South DakotaWildfire

The Cuzn T 01 Fire burned 1,252 acres in South Dakota, in 1995. It was discovered on February 25, 1995, and contained on February 25, 1995. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
1,252 acres
Discovered
February 25, 1995
Contained
February 25, 1995
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,629 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.282, -102.789.

The record

Reported final size
1,252 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,629 acres
Discovered
February 25, 1995, 10:15 a.m. local time
Contained
February 25, 1995, 6:40 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
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
SD4326410280319950225
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
W-312018

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 19952

FireAcresStartCause
Indian Canyon Fire1,692Sep 5, 1995
Combine Fire1,400Aug 19, 1995Human

Every fire of 1995 South Dakota fire history

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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.