On a day when weather conditions were flirting with Red Flag Warning criteria, firefighters on Wednesday stopped the Argyle Road Fire north of Hot Springs, South Dakota after it burned approximately five acres. The personnel on scene from Hot Springs, Custer, Argyle, and the Forest Service were dealing with a temperature of 38 degrees and winds measured at Elk Mountain (north of the fire) of 23 mph with gusts to 49.
The fire was burning in an area that had been slightly thinned, but the slash was still scattered on the ground.
It is likely that the fire, which was on private land south of Argyle Road seven miles west of US Highway 385, started from the power line that was on the ground near the point of origin, apparently recently broken.
All of the photos were taken by Bill Gabbert.