The Hot Springs Fire Department annually conducts a prescribed fire along the Fall River flood channel in Hot Springs, South Dakota. This prevents woody vegetation from growing and clogging the waterway. The reeds and grasses grow back quickly.
Today the weather was almost perfect to reduce the fuels along the river and it burned very well. During the project the Red Canyon weather station about 14 miles to the west recorded the following conditions at 10:57 a.m. MT: 64 degrees, 28% relative humidity, and a south wind at 8 mph. Last year they conducted the burn on April 9. At that time the weather at the Hot Springs Municipal Airport was 43 degrees, with a relative humidity of 93%. And there was occasional drizzling rain.
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All photos were taken by Bill Gabbert for Wildfire Today.
