Rapid Creek Ca Fire
The Rapid Creek Ca Fire was reported on June 24, 2016 in Pennington County, South Dakota and burned 1,192 acres. It was declared out on July 5, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,192 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2016
- Personnel
- 84
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.938, -102.733.
The incident
- Size
- 1,192 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2016 at 5:30 PM MDT
- Contained
- June 24, 2016 at 11:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 5, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Pennington County
- State
- South Dakota
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Personnel assigned
- 84
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-SDSDS-160371
- IRWIN identifier
- A0D44699-4532-4FF6-8B51-392DCCE7F588
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for New Underwood, SD covers the area today.
Nearby
- New Underwood, SD12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Box Elder, SD21 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Rapid Valley, SD22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Rapid City, SD27 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Colonial Pine Hills, SD29 miles west of the fire’s origin
South Dakota wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated July 5, 2016 at 12:03 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-SDSDS-160371.