Cooms Fire
The Cooms Fire burned 1,032 acres in South Dakota, in 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to February 7, 1999.
- Size
- 1,032 acres
- Ignition
- February 7, 1999
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,032 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.184, -102.629.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,032 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 7, 1999
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4319510269019990207
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
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 |
| Anderson Fire | 1,500 | Nov 7, 1999 | |
| Grass 25 Fire | 1,400 | Apr 14, 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. 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.