Gravel Pit Fire
The Gravel Pit Fire burned 2,266 acres in South Dakota, in 1996. It was discovered on August 3, 1996, and contained on August 3, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,266 acres
- Discovered
- August 3, 1996
- Contained
- August 3, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,882 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.033, -103.383.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,266 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,882 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,256 acres
- Discovered
- August 3, 1996, 4:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 3, 1996, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- South Dakota
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4306510339219960803
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-311322
- Note on the perimeter
- Missing data. Attributes filled in from FIRESTAT
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 | |
| 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
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.