West Hell Canyon Fire
The West Hell Canyon Fire burned 10,547 acres in South Dakota, in 2001. It was discovered on September 26, 2001, and contained on October 3, 2001. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 10,547 acres
- Discovered
- September 26, 2001
- Contained
- October 3, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,083 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.350, -103.658.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,547 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,083 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,548 acres
- Discovered
- September 26, 2001, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 3, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Black Hills National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- SDBKF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4336610366720010926
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-372588
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| 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
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.