Wildfires of 2002

Dillon Prescribed Fire

2002South DakotaPrescribed fire

The Dillon Prescribed Fire burned 2,411 acres in South Dakota, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to November 21, 2002.

Size
2,411 acres
Ignition
November 21, 2002

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,411 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.844, -102.175.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,411 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
November 21, 2002
State
South Dakota
Incident type
Prescribed fire
MTBS fire identifier
SD4384410217520021121
MTBS assessment
Initial

Other large fires in South Dakota in 200212

FireAcresStartCause
Laplante Fire14,224Jun 29, 2002Human
Battle Creek Fire12,443Aug 16, 2002Human
Grizzly Gulch Fire11,589Jun 29, 2002Human
Wanna Fire7,505Aug 18, 2002Human
Russell Ehlers Fire7,000Feb 2, 2002Human
Cottonwood Fire6,656Aug 3, 2002Human
Evergreen Fire4,000Jun 29, 2002Human
Potato Creek Fire3,708Apr 17, 2002Human
Looking Fire3,004Jul 29, 2002Human
Painter Fire2,500Jul 16, 2002Human
Travers Fire2,400Jul 16, 2002Human
Cedar Canyon Fire2,000Jul 14, 2002Human

Every fire of 2002 South Dakota fire history

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.