East Gate Fire
The East Gate Fire burned 996 acres in South Dakota, in 1996. It was discovered on February 10, 1996. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 996 acres
- Discovered
- February 10, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,145 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.774, -103.328.
The record
- Reported final size
- 996 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,145 acres
- Discovered
- February 10, 1996
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4374910332319960210
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SD_1627
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 19964
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Fire | 2,778 | May 1, 1996 | |
| 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 |
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.