Joe Till Fire
The Joe Till Fire burned 5,900 acres in South Dakota, in 1999. It was discovered on October 31, 1999. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 5,900 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 45.596, -104.028.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,900 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 1999
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Ludlow Volunteer Fire Department
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SDVFD_816
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.