Hanson Fire
The Hanson Fire burned 1,000 acres in Brown County, South Dakota, in 2002. It was discovered on May 21, 2002. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 45.632, -98.186.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2002
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- South Dakota
- County
- Brown County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2002SDWFD3484
Other large fires in South Dakota in 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laplante Fire | 14,224 | Jun 29, 2002 | Human |
| Battle Creek Fire | 12,443 | Aug 16, 2002 | Human |
| Grizzly Gulch Fire | 11,589 | Jun 29, 2002 | Human |
| Wanna Fire | 7,505 | Aug 18, 2002 | Human |
| Russell Ehlers Fire | 7,000 | Feb 2, 2002 | Human |
| Cottonwood Fire | 6,656 | Aug 3, 2002 | Human |
| Evergreen Fire | 4,000 | Jun 29, 2002 | Human |
| Potato Creek Fire | 3,708 | Apr 17, 2002 | Human |
| Looking Fire | 3,004 | Jul 29, 2002 | Human |
| Painter Fire | 2,500 | Jul 16, 2002 | Human |
| Travers Fire | 2,400 | Jul 16, 2002 | Human |
| Cedar Canyon Fire | 2,000 | Jul 14, 2002 | Human |
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.