Boundary Fire
The Boundary Fire burned 2,778 acres in South Dakota, in 1996. MTBS dates its ignition to May 1, 1996.
- Size
- 2,778 acres
- Ignition
- May 1, 1996
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,778 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.635, -103.419.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,778 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 1, 1996
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4362010337919960501
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in South Dakota in 19964
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit Fire | 2,266 | Aug 3, 1996 | Natural |
| Hay Bale Fire | 1,500 | Aug 3, 1996 | Natural |
| Wolf Creek Fire | 1,440 | Sep 5, 1996 | Human |
| East Gate Fire | 996 | Feb 10, 1996 | 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. 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.