Living in an area that potentially has forest fires, I have learned a lot about them. This site contains links to various sites to help you learn more about fires and to provide updates on fires in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Information related to specific fires
- Ricco Fire
- Photos after the Battle Creek Fire
- Photos during the Battle Creek Fire
- Battle Creek Fire
- Little Elk Fire
- Grizzly Gulch Fire
Links with photos and more information about fires.
- Incident Information System – Information about current fires
- Black Hills Fire – U.S. Forest Service Black Hills Fire Information
- Wildland Fire Suppression Division – Information provided by the Wildland Fire division of the South Dakota Department of Agriculture.
- NOAA Fire Weather – This site provides weather forecasts for fire areas.
- National Interagency Fire Center – Information about all of the fires.
- Firewise – How to make you home or community safer from fires.
Fire Photos – Click to see larger version
In the past, other websites have shown pictures of the various forest fires in the Black Hills. These included State of South Dakota, dvdtv.com, and warnerimages.com.
The wind appears to be shifting again.
Sunset near north end of fire area
From Bob’s house on July 9, 2005
One of the Slurry Bombers.
Updates
- July 24, 2009 – Many of the photos previously available from other sites have been removed.
- November 11, 2002 – The Rapid City Journal photos are not longer available so have been removed.
- August 18, 2002 – Added more photos and links about the Battle Creek fire.
- August 17, 2002 – Added Battle Creek fire page and photos.
- July 16, 2002 – The site was redone to allow more information about specific fires.