Red Point Fire
The Red Point Fire burned 17,568 acres in South Dakota, in 2003. It was discovered on July 21, 2003, and contained on July 30, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 17,568 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 2003
- Contained
- July 30, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,046 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.615, -104.005.
The record
- Reported final size
- 17,568 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,046 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 17,639 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 2003, 5:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 30, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Black Hills National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- SDBKF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4363210404820030721
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-388576
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Bad Bob Fire | 1,174 | Apr 12, 2003 | Human |
| Cottonwood Creek Fire | 1,155 | Aug 3, 2003 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.