Cannon Ball Fire
The Cannon Ball Fire was reported on October 11, 2015 in Sioux County, North Dakota and burned 5,000 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 11, 2015
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.371, -100.641.
The incident
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 11, 2015 at 3:12 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Sioux County
- State
- North Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- CANNON BALL
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-NDSRA-000138
- IRWIN identifier
- F534A71A-0441-4481-83C5-A0ADB987ED56
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cannon Ball, ND covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 19, 2015 at 11:25 AM CDT. Identifier 2015-NDSRA-000138.