Agate Bed Fire
The Agate Bed Fire was reported on March 6, 2021 in Custer County, South Dakota and burned 2,546 acres. It was declared out on April 22, 2021. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,546 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 6, 2021
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeter mapped March 6, 2021 at 8:19 PM MST, 2,545 acres (digitized-image). Point of origin 43.670, -103.024.
The incident
- Size
- 2,546 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 6, 2021 at 2:19 PM MST
- Contained
- March 9, 2021 at 2:40 PM MST
- Controlled
- March 10, 2021 at 6:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- April 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human, Equipment, Motor Vehicle
- Location
- 9 miles East of Fairburn SD
- County
- Custer County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Fairburn
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $120,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-NENBF-210139
- IRWIN identifier
- 9B98ABE3-F296-4232-86AB-8E8C88F4FAA3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Green Valley, SD covers the area today.
Nearby
- Green Valley, SD26 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Colonial Pine Hills, SD27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Rapid Valley, SD28 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Hot Springs, SD28 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Custer, SD29 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Rapid City, SD30 miles north of the fire’s origin
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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 April 27, 2021 at 9:49 AM MDT. Identifier 2021-NENBF-210139.