Bad Bob Fire
The Bad Bob Fire burned 1,174 acres in South Dakota, in 2003. It was discovered on April 12, 2003, and contained on April 14, 2003. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,174 acres
- Discovered
- April 12, 2003
- Contained
- April 14, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,242 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.164, -102.680.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,174 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,242 acres
- Discovered
- April 12, 2003, 5:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 14, 2003, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Pine Ridge Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4314910265720030412
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-314799
- Note on the perimeter
- Probably should have been extended assessment as 04 imagery still shows burn area.
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Point Fire | 17,568 | Jul 21, 2003 | Natural |
| Papa Fire | 4,992 | Aug 13, 2003 | Human |
| Jim River Fire | 4,258 | Apr 10, 2003 | Human |
| Joel Bertsch 2 Fire | 2,700 | Aug 23, 2003 | Human |
| Miller Ranch Fire | 2,500 | Aug 13, 2003 | Human |
| Meat Hook Fire | 2,339 | Aug 27, 2003 | Natural |
| Hog Fire | 2,214 | Aug 25, 2003 | Natural |
| Labor Ranch Fire | 1,600 | Aug 14, 2003 | |
| Supper Fire | 1,340 | Aug 13, 2003 | Human |
| Hollow Horn Fire | 1,200 | Aug 11, 2003 | Human |
| Pine Ridge Fire | 1,200 | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| Cottonwood Creek Fire | 1,155 | Aug 3, 2003 | Natural |
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. 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.