Bad Horse Fire
The Bad Horse Fire burned 1,300 acres in South Dakota, in 2000. It was discovered on February 19, 2000, and contained on February 19, 2000. The cause was recorded as smoking.
- Size
- 1,300 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2000
- Contained
- February 19, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,214 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.079, -99.820.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,214 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2000, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 19, 2000, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Smoking
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Lower Brule Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4406209979520000219
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-332675
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper Fire | 83,508 | Aug 24, 2000 | Human |
| Houck Ranch Fire | 35,000 | Sep 17, 2000 | Natural |
| Hayes Fire | 25,000 | Sep 17, 2000 | Natural |
| Trible Fire | 12,000 | Oct 21, 2000 | Human |
| Warbonnet Fire | 11,242 | Sep 5, 2000 | Natural |
| Decker Fire | 10,226 | Sep 17, 2000 | Natural |
| Geno H Fire | 9,431 | Oct 19, 2000 | Human |
| Pepper Cr Fire | 8,599 | Sep 2, 2000 | Natural |
| Flagpole Mountain Fire | 7,386 | Aug 11, 2000 | Natural |
| Lickiny Fire | 6,500 | Feb 8, 2000 | Human |
| No Flesh Fire | 5,700 | Sep 12, 2000 | Human |
| Ftmanuel Fire | 5,300 | Sep 19, 2000 | 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.