Hay Canyon Fire
The Hay Canyon Fire burned 9,882 acres in Fall River County, South Dakota, in 2012. It was discovered on April 24, 2012, and contained on April 26, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 9,882 acres
- Discovered
- April 24, 2012
- Contained
- April 26, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 17,808 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.332, -103.064.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,882 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 17,808 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 9,883 acres
- Discovered
- April 24, 2012, 8:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 26, 2012, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- South Dakota
- County
- Fall River County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NENBF
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Wick
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-SDSDS-120279
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4333210306420120424
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1503039
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
- Note on the perimeter
- SD-SDS-120279 Cannot find in GPC spreadsheet, listed in FIRESTAT - PNGS9D; Grass cover type. Attributes filled in from FIRESTAT
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 |
| 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 |
| Bear Butte Farms Fire | 1,380 | May 26, 2012 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.