Turkey Fire
The Turkey Fire burned 1,155 acres in South Dakota, in 1998. It was discovered on November 24, 1998, and contained on November 27, 1998. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.
- Size
- 1,155 acres
- Discovered
- November 24, 1998
- Contained
- November 27, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,116 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.090, -102.570.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,155 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,116 acres
- Discovered
- November 24, 1998, 11:55 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 27, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
- 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
- SD4308910256519981124
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-313023
- Note on the perimeter
- Logical imagery was used in regard to extreme rdnbr offset Fire is ok
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 19981
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vialiant Fire | 3,100 | Sep 8, 1998 | 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.