Tuesday night the fire mushroomed to about 40,000 acres
Continue readingLegion Lake Fire photo gallery
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These photos were taken by Bill Gabbert December 12 at the Legion Lake Fire east of Custer, South Dakota — except, the air tankers were at the Air Tanker Base at Rapid City Regional Airport the same day, and the last photo was taken just after midnight, at 12:07 a.m. MST December 13, 2017. And, one of the photos of Legion Lake was taken by Marion Muhm in 2016. All images are ©
Click on the pictures to see larger versions. Captions are at top-left.
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Activity on Legion Lake Fire increases Tuesday evening
The fire began to spread quickly again after 5 p.m., heading southwest toward the Wildlife Loop Road
Continue readingLegion Lake Fire east of Custer, SD slowed Monday night
The fire has burned over 2,500 acres in Custer State Park
Continue readingNorbeck prescribed fire — three months later
With the temperature approaching 70 degrees Tuesday afternoon I could not resist the urge to blow some cobwebs off my motorcycle. I cruised into Wind Cave National Park and took some photos with portions of the Norbeck Prescribed Fire in the background. The first and third photos were taken last fall on October 20 and 21, while the second and fourth were shot today, January 27, 2015.
The first and second, and the third and fourth photos show approximately the same areas.
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All photos were taken by Bill Gabbert.
South Dakota: Wildlife Loop Fire
Even though some areas in the Black Hills of South Dakota received well over six inches of snow one or two weeks ago, and there are still a few patches left on north-facing slopes, a fire in Custer State Park burned about 300 acres on Saturday in the old fire scar from the Four Mile Fire. (UPDATE, December 1, 2014: the fire was mapped at 250 acres.)
As of 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, only one firefighting unit remained on the fire, since the weather forecast predicted much colder weather and the possibility of snow. Overnight nearby in Hot Springs, the area received half an inch of snow and the temperature got down to 7 degrees. By noon on Sunday it was 21 degrees and partly sunny.
The cause is under investigation. If the fire is mopped up it could be a time consuming effort, with all of the dead and down fuels from the previous fire. Great Plains Fire Information reported that on Sunday the Incident Commander would order resources and mop up “as appropriate”.