Wolf Fire
The Wolf Fire was reported on March 4, 2017 in Pennington County, South Dakota and burned 2,510 acres. It was declared out on March 20, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,510 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2017
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.975, -102.192.
The incident
- Size
- 2,510 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2017 at 11:28 AM MST
- Contained
- March 5, 2017 at 7:00 AM MST
- Controlled
- March 7, 2017 at 6:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- March 20, 2017 at 12:46 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Grass Fire
- County
- Pennington County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- 2 miles East of Wall
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $38,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NENBF-170107
- IRWIN identifier
- 1F23FA43-2418-47A3-996D-0BCD3B5F1815
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wall, SD covers the area today.
Nearby
- Wall, SD3 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Box Elder, SD45 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD45 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Rapid Valley, SD48 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Porcupine, SD51 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Rapid City, SD52 miles west 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 May 22, 2018 at 3:23 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-NENBF-170107.