Legion Lake Fire
The Legion Lake Fire was reported on December 11, 2017 in Custer County, South Dakota and burned 54,023 acres. It was declared out on January 23, 2018.
- Size
- 54,023 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 11, 2017
- Personnel
- 34
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.776, -103.448.
The incident
- Size
- 54,023 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 11, 2017 at 7:47 AM MST
- Contained
- December 19, 2017 at 12:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- December 22, 2017 at 3:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- January 23, 2018 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Eight miles east of Custer, SD.
- County
- Custer County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Custer
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Personnel assigned
- 34
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Medium Logging Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-SDSDS-170967
- IRWIN identifier
- E4A0CCED-FFB0-46B5-B6B9-C9E7A4A25487
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Custer, SD covers the area today.
Nearby
- Custer, SD8 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Colonial Pine Hills, SD17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Rapid City, SD24 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hot Springs, SD24 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Rapid Valley, SD25 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Blackhawk, SD27 miles north of the fire’s origin
South Dakota wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 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 April 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-SDSDS-170967.