Wildfires of 2003

Mill Rd Fire

2003South DakotaWildfire

The Mill Rd Fire burned 1,100 acres in South Dakota, in 2003. It was discovered on November 19, 2003. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.

Size
1,100 acres
Discovered
November 19, 2003
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 44.148, -103.261.

The record

Reported final size
1,100 acres
Discovered
November 19, 2003
Cause
Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
State
South Dakota
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-SD01660303-4156

Other large fires in South Dakota in 200312

FireAcresStartCause
Red Point Fire17,568Jul 21, 2003Natural
Papa Fire4,992Aug 13, 2003Human
Jim River Fire4,258Apr 10, 2003Human
Joel Bertsch 2 Fire2,700Aug 23, 2003Human
Miller Ranch Fire2,500Aug 13, 2003Human
Meat Hook Fire2,339Aug 27, 2003Natural
Hog Fire2,214Aug 25, 2003Natural
Labor Ranch Fire1,600Aug 14, 2003
Supper Fire1,340Aug 13, 2003Human
Hollow Horn Fire1,200Aug 11, 2003Human
Pine Ridge Fire1,200Sep 4, 2003
Bad Bob Fire1,174Apr 12, 2003Human

Every fire of 2003 South Dakota fire history

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.