Mckenzie Fire
The Mckenzie Fire burned 1,100 acres in South Dakota, in 2001. It was discovered on September 28, 2001, and contained on October 2, 2001. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- September 28, 2001
- Contained
- October 2, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,944 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.736, -103.550.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,944 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,761 acres
- Discovered
- September 28, 2001, 2:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 2, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTCGF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4574510358020010928
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-369846
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Hand Digitized (USFS)
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 |
| Dry Creek 2 (C) Fire | 1,100 | Apr 19, 2001 | Human |
| Grass Fire | 1,000 | Sep 1, 2001 |
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.