Highland Prescribed Fire
The Highland Prescribed Fire burned 1,142 acres in South Dakota, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to October 19, 2002.
- Size
- 1,142 acres
- Ignition
- October 19, 2002
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,142 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.606, -103.409.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,142 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 19, 2002
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4360610340920021019
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
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
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.