Bison Flat Prescribed Fire
The Bison Flat Prescribed Fire burned 1,507 acres in South Dakota, in 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to October 8, 2001.
- Size
- 1,507 acres
- Ignition
- October 8, 2001
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,507 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.532, -103.480.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,507 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 8, 2001
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4353210347920011008
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in South Dakota in 200110
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Shack Fire | 11,740 | Jul 31, 2001 | Natural |
| West Hell Canyon Fire | 10,547 | Sep 26, 2001 | Human |
| Grueb Fire | 3,600 | Aug 29, 2001 | Human |
| Lemon Butte Fire | 3,500 | Aug 29, 2001 | Human |
| Missile Rd Fire | 2,500 | Jan 6, 2001 | Human |
| Van Metre Fire | 1,950 | Sep 7, 2001 | Human |
| Distant Fire | 1,920 | Sep 1, 2001 | Human |
| Mckenzie Fire | 1,100 | Sep 28, 2001 | Human |
| Dry Creek 2 (C) Fire | 1,100 | Apr 19, 2001 | Human |
| Grass Fire | 1,000 | Sep 1, 2001 |
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. 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.