Painter Fire
The Painter Fire burned 2,500 acres in South Dakota, in 2002. It was discovered on July 16, 2002. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 45.795, -103.598.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2002
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Sorum/Reva Volunteer Fire Department
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2002SDSDS3164
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 |
| Travers Fire | 2,400 | Jul 16, 2002 | Human |
| Cedar Canyon Fire | 2,000 | Jul 14, 2002 | Human |
| Bad Nation Fire | 2,000 | Jul 29, 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.