Wolf Creek Fire
The Wolf Creek Fire burned 1,440 acres in South Dakota, in 1996. It was discovered on September 5, 1996, and contained on September 9, 1996. The cause was recorded as smoking.
- Size
- 1,440 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 1996
- Contained
- September 9, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,608 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.000, -102.427.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,440 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,608 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 1996, 1:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 9, 1996, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Smoking
- 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
- SD4300010242719960905
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-312550
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 |
| 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. 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.