Four Mile Fire
The Four Mile Fire burned 2,360 acres in Custer County, South Dakota, in 2007. It was discovered on June 25, 2007. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,360 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,297 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.673, -103.439.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,360 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,297 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2007
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- South Dakota
- County
- Custer County
- Reporting unit
- South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4367910344320070625
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2007SD-SDS9605
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stampede Fire | 22,454 | Jul 7, 2007 | Human |
| Alabaugh Fire | 10,324 | Jul 7, 2007 | Natural |
| New Underwood Fire | 5,000 | Jul 7, 2007 | Natural |
| Hay Creek Fire | 2,442 | Jul 31, 2007 | Natural |
| Harris Fire | 2,256 | Jul 24, 2007 | Human |
| Horseshoe Ca Fire | 2,000 | Jul 9, 2007 | Human |
| Hay Creek Fire | 1,882 | Jul 7, 2007 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,400 | Jul 31, 2007 | Natural |
| Ake Fire | 1,300 | Aug 10, 2007 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Feb 13, 2007 | Human |
| 4th Complex | 1,123 | Jun 29, 2007 | Human |
| Goddard Fire | 1,100 | Jul 31, 2007 | 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.