Red Water Fire
The Red Water Fire burned 7,500 acres in South Dakota, in 2006. It was discovered on August 12, 2006, and contained on August 17, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 7,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2006
- Contained
- August 17, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,414 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.498, -102.151.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,414 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2006, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 17, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Pine Ridge Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4349410212720060812
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-534666
- Note on the perimeter
- Old dNBR offset is 19.
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 |
| 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 |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | Jul 30, 2006 | 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.