Prairie Wind Prescribed Fire
The Prairie Wind Prescribed Fire burned 1,492 acres in South Dakota, in 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to October 14, 2005.
- Size
- 1,492 acres
- Ignition
- October 14, 2005
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,492 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.799, -102.086.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,492 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 14, 2005
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4379910208620051014
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in South Dakota in 20058
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Bend Fire | 5,000 | Sep 4, 2005 | Natural |
| Ricco Fire | 3,959 | Jul 8, 2005 | Natural |
| Pennington County Complex | 2,025 | Jul 16, 2005 | Natural |
| N Hyde Fire | 1,500 | Sep 3, 2005 | |
| Chaos Fire | 1,453 | Aug 29, 2005 | Natural |
| Rumford Fire | 1,254 | Aug 7, 2005 | Natural |
| Dugan Stewart - Smith Lanry Fire | 1,100 | Sep 6, 2005 | Natural |
| Hanson - Price Fire | 1,000 | Aug 31, 2005 | 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. 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.