Crow Flats Fire
The Crow Flats Fire burned 1,280 acres in South Dakota, in 2012. It was discovered on August 24, 2012, and contained on August 30, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,280 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2012
- Contained
- August 30, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,351 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.680, -101.622.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,280 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,351 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2012, 7:44 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 2012, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Standing Rock Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4568010162220120824
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-643761
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longhorn Complex | 43,639 | Jul 27, 2012 | Natural |
| Crookston Fire | 14,453 | Oct 17, 2012 | Human |
| Myrtle Fire | 9,886 | Jul 19, 2012 | Human |
| Hay Canyon Fire | 9,882 | Apr 24, 2012 | Natural |
| White Draw Fire | 9,000 | Jun 29, 2012 | Human |
| Coal Canyon Fire | 5,177 | ||
| Tower Fire | 4,723 | Feb 25, 2012 | Human |
| Fire | 2,465 | Sep 19, 2012 | Human |
| South Hand Fire | 2,300 | Nov 20, 2012 | Human |
| 221st Fire | 1,600 | Aug 30, 2012 | Human |
| T-34 Fire | 1,600 | Jul 19, 2012 | Human |
| Donovan Fire | 1,500 | Jul 19, 2012 | Natural |
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.