Anderson Fire
The Anderson Fire burned 1,500 acres in South Dakota, in 1999. It was discovered on November 7, 1999.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- November 7, 1999
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 43.498, -101.170.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- November 7, 1999
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Long Valley Volunteer Fire Department
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SDVFD_642
Other large fires in South Dakota in 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith Fire | 12,000 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Bullhead Fire | 9,000 | Nov 1, 1999 | Human |
| Pat Peterson Fire | 6,500 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Joe Till Fire | 5,900 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Hellsgale Fire | 5,703 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Big Crow Fire | 2,475 | Mar 26, 1999 | Human |
| Yellow Bear Fire | 2,000 | Mar 26, 1999 | |
| Fortune Fire | 1,782 | Nov 1, 1999 | Human |
| Can Hill Fire | 1,720 | Nov 7, 1999 | Human |
| Doug Dahl Fire | 1,600 | Nov 6, 1999 | Human |
| Grass 25 Fire | 1,400 | Apr 14, 1999 | Human |
| Phipps Fire | 1,327 | Nov 7, 1999 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
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.