Castle RX Fire
The Castle RX Fire burned 1,738 acres in South Dakota, in 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to September 9, 2011.
- Size
- 1,738 acres
- Ignition
- September 9, 2011
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,738 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.772, -102.051.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,738 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 9, 2011
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4376410207220110909
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
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 |
| Barrel Fire | 3,213 | Jul 19, 2011 | Natural |
| Wild Stallion Fire | 2,510 | Aug 23, 2011 | Human |
| Highway 47 Fire | 1,790 | Oct 5, 2011 | Human |
| 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
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.