Hog Fire
The Hog Fire burned 2,214 acres in South Dakota, in 2003. It was discovered on August 25, 2003, and contained on August 25, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,214 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2003
- Contained
- August 25, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,933 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.624, -100.847.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,214 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,933 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2003, 1:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 25, 2003, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Rosebud Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4362410084720030825
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-321042
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 |
| 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 | |
| Bad Bob Fire | 1,174 | Apr 12, 2003 | Human |
| 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.