Red Shirt Fire
The Red Shirt Fire burned 1,000 acres in South Dakota, in 2006. It was discovered on August 15, 2006, and contained on August 16, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 2006
- Contained
- August 16, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 43.644, -102.901.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 862 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 2006, 4:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 16, 2006, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Pine Ridge Agency
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- SDBDP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-SDBDP-000606
- Fire occurrence record
- W-534326
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Owl Fire | 21,314 | Aug 3, 2006 | Natural |
| Stone Man Church Fire | 10,691 | Jul 18, 2006 | Natural |
| Lightning Complex | 8,060 | Jul 28, 2006 | Natural |
| Black Horse Creek Fire | 7,829 | Jul 19, 2006 | Natural |
| Red Water Fire | 7,500 | Aug 12, 2006 | Natural |
| Good Fire | 5,700 | Aug 10, 2006 | Natural |
| Kelly Fire | 5,133 | Jul 18, 2006 | Natural |
| Wilcox Fire | 4,500 | Aug 3, 2006 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Aug 3, 2006 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,500 | Jul 30, 2006 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,300 | Jul 16, 2006 | Natural |
| East Ridge Fire | 3,204 | Jul 27, 2006 | 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. 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.