Railroad Fire
The Railroad Fire burned 1,000 acres in South Dakota, in 2000. It was discovered on March 26, 2000. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 45.946, -101.291.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 2000
- Cause
- Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- McLaughlin Volunteer Fire Department
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SDVFD_1223
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
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.