WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. – Fire crews continued battling a wildfire in Wind Cave National Park Saturday.
Crews continued working to secure the edges of the Rankin Fire, wichi was listed at an estimated 28 acres.
The fire wa sparked by lightning on Friday.
No flare-ups were observed overnight Friday by fire monitors, and no air resources have been called for Saturday. Some ground crews from assisting agencies have been released, and remaining crews are shoring up hose and fire line around the fire’s perimeter.
The fire is burning in grass and dead and downed trees in an old prescribed-burn area.
No structures are threatened by the fire, but park trails north of Wind Cave Canyon are closed to hiking and back-country camping until further notice. All park roads and several trails remain open, along with the Elk Mountain campground.
Here are other fire reports from Great Plains Fire Dispatch on Saturday:
Broken H
Location: 6 miles west of Ardmore
Reported: 6:38pm
Size: 5 acres
Resources: Federal
Cause: Unknown
Contained: August 29th 6:40pm
Controlled: August 29th 7:30pm
Richmond Hill
Location: 44 23.598, -103 50.778
Reported: 4:25pm
Size: 0.1 acre
Cause: Unknown
Contained: August 29th 6:40pm
Controlled: August 29th 7:30pm
Green Mountain
Location: 2.5 miles North of Mt Roosevelt on Private land
Reported: August 28th 5:13pm
Size: 0.1 acre
Resources: State and Federal
Cause: Human
Contained: August 28th 6:15pm
Controlled: August 28th 6:15pm
Out: August 28th 6:15pm
Red Bluff
Location: 44 30.660, -104 23.250, on Private and State land
Reported: August 28th 11:08am
Size: 3.23 acres
Resources: Federal
Cause: Lightning
Contained: August 28th 3:30pm
Controlled: August 28th 7:00pm
Rifle
Location: 5 miles East of Pringle, on Federal land
Reported: August 28th 11:11am
Size: 0.1 acre
Resources: State and Federal
Cause: Lightning
Contain: August 28th 2:30pm
Controlled: August 28th 4:00pm
Rankin
Location: 3 miles Northwest of Wind Cave NP visitor center
Reported: August 28th 10:49am
Size: 28 acres
Resources: Local, State, and Federal
Cause: Lightning
Aristocrat
Location: Northeast of Spotted Tail Trailhead, Nebraska
Reported: August 28th 10:49am
Size: 400 acres
Resources: Federal
Cause: Lightning
Farmer
Location: 5 Miles west of Argyle, on Private and State land
Reported: August 28th 8:02am
Size: 0.1 acres
Resources: State and Federal
Cause: Lightning
Contained: 09:49am
Controlled: 10:35am
Buhr
Location: Sioux Co, 3 Miles west of Montrose
Reported: 6:28pm
Size: 85 acres
Cause: Lightning
Contained: August 27th 08:00pm
Wilson
Location: Nemo Rd. and 151 Rd., Lawrence Co.
Reported: 4:49pm
Size: 0.31 acres
Cause: Unknown
Rockin Tree
Location: Aladdin, WY (Crook Co.)
Reported: 13:53pm
Resources: local, State, and Federal
Size: 1 acre
Cause: Unknown
Contained: August 17th 4:00pm
Hubbards Gap
Location: Banner Co., Nebraska
Reported: 12:06pm
Size: 10 acres
Cause: Unknown
Clark
Location: 1 mile north of State Game Lodge in Custer State Park
Reported: 11:22am
Resources: local, State, and Federal
Size: 18.17 acres
Cause: Lightning
Contained: August 28th 2:48pm
Controlled: August 28th 7:00pm
Fitzgerald CA
Location: Pennington County, south of Wasta
Reported: 6:03pm
Resources: local, Black Hills National Forest, Nebraska National Forest and State
Size: 570 acres
Cause: Lightning
Contained: August 24th 12:00pm
Controlled: August 25th 3:00pm
