Okreek Fire
The Okreek Fire burned 17,500 acres in South Dakota, in 2011. It was discovered on October 5, 2011, and contained on October 9, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 17,500 acres
- Discovered
- October 5, 2011
- Contained
- October 9, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,103 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.318, -100.249.
The record
- Reported final size
- 17,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,103 acres
- Discovered
- October 5, 2011, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 9, 2011, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Reporting unit
- Rosebud Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4331810023020111005
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-629735
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.