False Bottom Creek Fire
The False Bottom Creek Fire was reported on August 16, 2026 in Lawrence County, South Dakota and burned 242 acres. It was declared out on August 26, 2026. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 242 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2026
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeter mapped September 3, 2026 at 10:39 AM MDT, 100 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 44.544, -103.778.
The incident
- Size
- 242 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- August 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 4 Miles W from St. Onge, SD
- County
- Lawrence County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- St. Onge
- Protecting agency
- DWF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-SDSDS-260847
- IRWIN identifier
- E16ECD3D-034F-43CD-80DF-0F8905A53A8E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Spearfish, SD covers the area today.
Nearby
- Spearfish, SD5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- North Spearfish, SD6 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Belle Fourche, SD9 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Deadwood, SD12 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lead, SD13 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sturgis, SD16 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 September 3, 2026 at 10:39 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-SDSDS-260847.