Gilbert Fire
The Gilbert Fire was reported on September 13, 2026 in Harding County, South Dakota and has burned 211 acres. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 211 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 13, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 45.520, -103.686.
The incident
- Size
- 211 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 13, 2026 at 10:43 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Harding County
- State
- South Dakota
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-SDHRX-000813
- IRWIN identifier
- 24033FC8-3772-4790-BE18-74B7B93B4BE3
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 16 mph from the east
- Relative humidity as low as 82%
- High of 59°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0 µg/m³ around Sun, 8:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Buffalo, SD8 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bowman, ND48 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Belle Fourche, SD59 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Hettinger, ND61 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Baker, MT65 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- North Spearfish, SD71 miles south 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 18, 2026 at 4:53 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-SDHRX-000813.