Timber Fire
The Timber Fire was reported on March 25, 2026 in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota and burned 450 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 450 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 25, 2026
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeter mapped March 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM MDT, 10 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 43.164, -102.364.
The incident
- Size
- 450 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human, Arson, Hot set
- Location
- 2 Miles N from Wounded Knee, SD
- County
- Oglala Lakota County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Wounded Knee
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $90,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-SDPRA-000046
- IRWIN identifier
- 5BFFB5FC-36DB-49ED-8C79-AA7619B69F61
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Porcupine, 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 April 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-SDPRA-000046.