Papa Fire
The Papa Fire burned 4,992 acres in South Dakota, in 2003. It was discovered on August 13, 2003, and contained on August 14, 2003. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 4,992 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2003
- Contained
- August 14, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,750 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.346, -101.981.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,992 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,750 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2003, 11:25 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 14, 2003, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Pine Ridge Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Part of
- Pine Ridge Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4338310198720030813
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-314989
- Note on the perimeter
- 2 of dup fires are 7 15 miles off target. Processed fire as extended analysis.
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 |
| 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 | |
| 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.