Wildfires of 1999

Yellow Bear Fire

1999South DakotaWildfire

The Yellow Bear Fire burned 2,000 acres in South Dakota, in 1999. It was discovered on March 26, 1999.

Size
2,000 acres
Discovered
March 26, 1999
Cause
Undetermined

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 45.242, -99.649.

The record

Reported final size
2,000 acres
Discovered
March 26, 1999
Cause
Undetermined
State
South Dakota
Reporting unit
Kadoka Volunteer Fire Department
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SDVFD_221

Other large fires in South Dakota in 199912

FireAcresStartCause
Faith Fire12,000Oct 31, 1999Human
Bullhead Fire9,000Nov 1, 1999Human
Pat Peterson Fire6,500Oct 31, 1999Human
Joe Till Fire5,900Oct 31, 1999Human
Hellsgale Fire5,703Oct 31, 1999Human
Big Crow Fire2,475Mar 26, 1999Human
Fortune Fire1,782Nov 1, 1999Human
Can Hill Fire1,720Nov 7, 1999Human
Doug Dahl Fire1,600Nov 6, 1999Human
Anderson Fire1,500Nov 7, 1999
Grass 25 Fire1,400Apr 14, 1999Human
Phipps Fire1,327Nov 7, 1999Human

Every fire of 1999 South Dakota fire history

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.