Hecla Fire
The Hecla Fire was reported on April 11, 2015 in Brown County, South Dakota and burned 1,600 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,600 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 11, 2015
- Personnel
- 140
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.826, -98.186.
The incident
- Size
- 1,600 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 11, 2015 at 4:15 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- WILDLAND FIRE
- County
- Brown County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- HECLA
- Personnel assigned
- 140
- Incident management
- Unified Command
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,620
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-SDSDS-150146
- IRWIN identifier
- BFE2F563-AB1C-420B-8371-9907EF2875F8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ellendale, 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 April 17, 2015 at 2:56 PM CDT. Identifier 2015-SDSDS-150146.