Hay Creek Fire
The Hay Creek Fire burned 1,882 acres in Fall River County, South Dakota, in 2007. It was discovered on July 7, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,882 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,982 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.099, -103.559.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,882 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,982 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- South Dakota
- County
- Fall River County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4308510355320070707
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2007SD-SDS9756
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 |
| Harris Fire | 2,256 | Jul 24, 2007 | Human |
| Horseshoe Ca Fire | 2,000 | Jul 9, 2007 | Human |
| 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.