Wildfires of 2001

Grueb Fire

2001South DakotaWildfire

The Grueb Fire burned 3,600 acres in South Dakota, in 2001. It was discovered on August 29, 2001. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
3,600 acres
Discovered
August 29, 2001
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 45.017, -102.624.

The record

Reported final size
3,600 acres
Discovered
August 29, 2001
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
South Dakota
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Enning Volunteer Fire Department
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2001SDVFD2581

Other large fires in South Dakota in 20019

FireAcresStartCause
Rogers Shack Fire11,740Jul 31, 2001Natural
West Hell Canyon Fire10,547Sep 26, 2001Human
Lemon Butte Fire3,500Aug 29, 2001Human
Missile Rd Fire2,500Jan 6, 2001Human
Van Metre Fire1,950Sep 7, 2001Human
Distant Fire1,920Sep 1, 2001Human
Mckenzie Fire1,100Sep 28, 2001Human
Dry Creek 2 (C) Fire1,100Apr 19, 2001Human
Grass Fire1,000Sep 1, 2001

Every fire of 2001 South Dakota fire history

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.