Highway 47 Fire
The Highway 47 Fire burned 1,790 acres in South Dakota, in 2011. It was discovered on October 5, 2011, and contained on October 7, 2011. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,790 acres
- Discovered
- October 5, 2011
- Contained
- October 7, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,802 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.992, -99.486.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,790 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,802 acres
- Discovered
- October 5, 2011, 1:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 7, 2011, 10:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Reporting unit
- Lower Brule Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4399809948620111005
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-629786
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 |
| Barrel Fire | 3,213 | Jul 19, 2011 | Natural |
| Wild Stallion Fire | 2,510 | Aug 23, 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.