Wildfires of 2009

Unnamed Fire

2009South DakotaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,020 acres in South Dakota, in 2009. It was discovered on January 1, 2009. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
1,020 acres
Discovered
January 1, 2009
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 44.077, -103.399.

The record

Reported final size
1,020 acres
Discovered
January 1, 2009
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
South Dakota
Reporting unit
South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2009-SD-SDS11158

Other large fires in South Dakota in 20093

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire3,175Oct 5, 2009Human
Unnamed Fire2,148Mar 30, 2009Human
Grand River Fire1,063Sep 27, 2009Human

Every fire of 2009 South Dakota fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.