Dry Creek 2 (C) Fire
The Dry Creek 2 (C) Fire burned 1,100 acres in South Dakota, in 2001. It was discovered on April 19, 2001. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- April 19, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,125 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.758, -103.376.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,125 acres
- Discovered
- April 19, 2001
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- South Dakota
- Reporting unit
- South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4374510335020010419
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2001SDWFD3147
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 20019
| 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 |
| 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. 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.