Dry Creek CA Fire
The Dry Creek CA Fire was reported on March 29, 2021 in Jones County, South Dakota and burned 9,911 acres. It was declared out on April 9, 2021.
- Size
- 9,911 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2021
- Personnel
- 79
Map
Perimeter mapped March 29, 2021 at 6:26 PM CDT, 1 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 43.947, -100.921.
The incident
- Size
- 9,911 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2021 at 1:26 PM CDT
- Controlled
- April 2, 2021 at 11:15 AM CDT
- Declared out
- April 9, 2021 at 5:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Unknown, Utilities, Other, Known
- Location
- 8 miles NW of Okaton, SD
- County
- Jones County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Okaton
- Protecting agency
- DWF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 79
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $91,400
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-SDSDS-210170
- IRWIN identifier
- B852427C-8826-47EC-A13C-C21D1FA5C5F1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Murdo, 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 August 2, 2021 at 2:41 PM CDT. Identifier 2021-SDSDS-210170.