Harris Fire
The Harris Fire burned 2,256 acres in Perkins County, South Dakota, in 2007. It was discovered on July 24, 2007, and contained on July 26, 2007. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 2,256 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2007
- Contained
- July 26, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,371 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.781, -102.496.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,256 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,371 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,257 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2007, 1:31 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 26, 2007, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- South Dakota
- County
- Perkins County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Dakota Prairie National Grasslands
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NDDPF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-NDDPF-000005
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4581310251120070724
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1453398
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Differentially Corrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire started by sparks from equipment.
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 |
| Four Mile Fire | 2,360 | Jun 25, 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
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.