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Largest single wildfire in South Dakota and Black Hills history, ruled an arson [2] [5] 2001 Elk Mountain II north of Dewey, Black Hills [a] 13,195 acres (5,340 ha) [1] 2001 Rogers Shack south of Jewel Cave, Black Hills: 11,896 acres (4,814 ha) [1] 2001 West Hell between Hot Springs and Edgemont, Black Hills: 10,547 acres (4,268 ha) [1] 0 [6 ...
Three separate wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota have forced evacuations of more than 400 homes northwest of Rapid City and shut down Mount Rushmore, authorities said Monday. A fire ...
The Legion Lake Fire was a wildfire that occurred in December 2017 in the Black Hills of South Dakota, United States. It burned 53,875 acres (218.02 km 2 ), making it the third-largest wildfire in South Dakota [1] and Black Hills history. [2] Custer State Park and Wind Cave National Park were particularly affected, and the fire disrupted the ...
The Jasper Fire was a wildfire that occurred between August 24 and September 25, 2000, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, United States. Burning a total of 83,508 acres (33,794 ha; 337.94 km 2) across the southern hills, it is the largest wildfire in both state and Black Hills history. [1][2] It burned over 90% of the total land area of Jewel ...
September 1, 2024 at 7:29 PM. A wildland fire strike team was called in Sunday afternoon to tackle a fire burning in the hills south of Kennewick off Highway 395. The blaze burned 100 acres and ...
White Draw Fire. White Draw Fire was a wildfire in South Dakota, United States, that started on Friday, June 29, 2012. [1] The fire burned a total area of 14 square miles (8640 acres), mainly the U.S. Forest Service land. [2] The fire did not harm any civilian population or livestock; however, a military C-130 MAFFS air tanker crashed in the ...
For most of the 20th century, any form of wildland fire, whether it was naturally caused or otherwise, was quickly suppressed for fear of uncontrollable and destructive conflagrations such as the Peshtigo Fire in 1871 and the Great Fire of 1910. In the 1960s, policies governing wildfire suppression changed due to ecological studies that ...
SoCal fires burn 100,000 acres, destroy dozens of homes and injure 13. Hannah Fry, Nathan Solis, Summer Lin, Alex Wigglesworth, Gina Ferazzi. September 11, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Thick smoke from a ...