Qury Fire
The Qury Fire was reported on March 12, 2026 in Custer County, South Dakota and burned 9,168 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 9,168 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 12, 2026
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeter mapped March 18, 2026 at 9:58 AM MDT, 9,168 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 43.748, -103.567.
The incident
- Size
- 9,168 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 12, 2026 at 1:16 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 2 Miles SE from Custer, SD
- County
- Custer County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Custer, SD
- Protecting agency
- DWF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-SDSDS-260142
- IRWIN identifier
- 7AB6021D-6FC2-420F-BFC5-43752F86749F
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from March 12, 2026 (5,371 acres) to March 20, 2026 (9,168 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,556 acres, mapped March 15, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2026 | 5,371 | |
| March 14, 2026 | 6,849 | +1,478 |
| March 15, 2026 | 8,405 | +1,556 |
| March 16, 2026 | 8,434 | +29 |
| March 17, 2026 | 9,059 | +625 |
| March 18, 2026 | 9,161 | +102 |
| March 20, 2026 | 9,168 | +7 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Custer, SD covers the area today.
Nearby
- Custer, SD2 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Colonial Pine Hills, SD22 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hot Springs, SD22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Rapid City, SD28 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Rapid Valley, SD30 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Blackhawk, SD31 miles northeast 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 June 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-SDSDS-260142.