Coal Canyon Fire
The Coal Canyon Fire burned 5,214 acres in South Dakota, in 2011. It was discovered on August 11, 2011, and contained on August 17, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,214 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 2011
- Contained
- August 17, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,333 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.436, -103.850.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,214 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,333 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 2011, 1:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 17, 2011, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Black Hills National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4343610385020110811
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1498339
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 |
| 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 |
| 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
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.