Barrel Fire
The Barrel Fire burned 3,213 acres in South Dakota, in 2011. It was discovered on July 19, 2011, and contained on July 24, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,213 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2011
- Contained
- July 24, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,427 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.628, -104.033.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,213 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,427 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,210 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2011, 2:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 24, 2011, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Black Hills National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- SDBKF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-SDBKF-110452
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4362810403320110719
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1498341
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 201110
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okreek Fire | 17,500 | Oct 5, 2011 | Human |
| Mound City Fire | 11,000 | Oct 5, 2011 | Human |
| Coal Canyon Fire | 5,214 | Aug 11, 2011 | Natural |
| Blomberg Fire | 3,700 | Oct 5, 2011 | Human |
| Wild Stallion Fire | 2,510 | Aug 23, 2011 | Human |
| Highway 47 Fire | 1,790 | Oct 5, 2011 | Human |
| Castle RX Fire | 1,738 | Sep 9, 2011 | |
| Abler Fire | 1,200 | Oct 5, 2011 | Human |
| Tripp Fire | 1,200 | Oct 6, 2011 | Human |
| Grassland Colony Fire | 1,000 | Oct 5, 2011 | Human |
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.