#6 Fire
The #6 Fire was reported on August 6, 2020 in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota and burned 1,367 acres. It was declared out on August 14, 2020. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,367 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2020
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeter mapped August 6, 2020 at 8:44 PM MDT, 300 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 43.274, -102.711.
The incident
- Size
- 1,367 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2020 at 1:48 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 14, 2020 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 14, 2020 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human, Other Human Cause, Arson-Excitement
- Location
- #6 Community. 41.7 miles NE of Red Shirt, SD on HWY 41
- County
- Oglala Lakota County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Pine Ridge
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $60,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-SDPRA-000204
- IRWIN identifier
- 69ED3328-E330-444C-BF8F-8C9331DEB64C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Oglala, SD covers the area today.
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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 September 8, 2020 at 3:29 PM MDT. Identifier 2020-SDPRA-000204.