Big Crow Fire
The Big Crow Fire burned 2,475 acres in South Dakota, in 1999. It was discovered on March 26, 1999, and contained on March 29, 1999. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,475 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 1999
- Contained
- March 29, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,025 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.331, -101.987.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,475 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,025 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 1999, 11:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 29, 1999, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- 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
- SD4334410199819990326
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-313152
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 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 |
| 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 |
| Anderson Fire | 1,500 | Nov 7, 1999 | |
| Grass 25 Fire | 1,400 | Apr 14, 1999 | Human |
| Phipps Fire | 1,327 | Nov 7, 1999 | 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.