Jasper Fire
The Jasper Fire burned 83,508 acres in South Dakota, in 2000. It was discovered on August 24, 2000, and contained on September 25, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 83,508 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2000
- Contained
- September 25, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 82,243 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.732, -103.887.
The record
- Reported final size
- 83,508 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 82,243 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 83,548 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2000, 2:18 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 25, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Black Hills National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- SDBKF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2000-SDJCP-000002
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4381510387820000824
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-361551
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Gann Valley Fire | 5,000 | Mar 6, 2000 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.