Divide CA Fire
The Divide CA Fire was reported on March 29, 2021 in Perkins County, South Dakota and burned 9,428 acres. It was declared out on April 11, 2021.
- Size
- 9,428 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2021
- Personnel
- 21
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped March 29, 2021 at 7:39 PM MDT, 9,182 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 45.579, -102.765.
The incident
- Size
- 9,428 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2021 at 2:39 PM MDT
- Contained
- April 1, 2021 at 5:19 PM MDT
- Declared out
- April 11, 2021 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Unknown, Cause and Origin Not Identified
- Location
- 4 miles NE of Prairie City, SD.
- County
- Perkins County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Prairie City
- Protecting agency
- DWF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 21
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $145,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-SDSDS-210174
- IRWIN identifier
- 9A8D731C-DC94-420E-A000-F0CABD4D754C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bison, SD covers the area today.
Nearby
- Bison, SD15 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Hettinger, ND30 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon, SD38 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bowman, ND52 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Belle Fourche, SD82 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- North Eagle Butte, SD84 miles southeast 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 January 20, 2022 at 11:03 AM MST. Identifier 2021-SDSDS-210174.