Wanblee Timber Fire
The Wanblee Timber Fire was reported on July 16, 2017 in Jackson County, South Dakota and burned 5,305 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 5,305 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2017
- Personnel
- 44
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.599, -101.533.
The incident
- Size
- 5,305 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2017 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- Six miles east of Wanblee, SD
- County
- Jackson County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Wanblee
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 44
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-SDPRA-000158
- IRWIN identifier
- 6F154D40-10B9-44C7-B3C5-BEEBF65111A6
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wanblee, SD 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 July 21, 2017 at 6:06 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-SDPRA-000158.