Awatchfire

Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota

XU Hill Fire

Burning 19.2 miles north-west of Kyle and 23.6 miles west of Interior, since Tuesday 11 August.

Map of South Dakota. The XU Hill Fire burns .
Where the fire is in the state.

1,297

acres burned so far — about 2 square miles

17

days burning so far

100%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 10:37pm today

The XU Hill Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 1,297 acres in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota. The figures below are the official record. A satellite heat map and day-by-day history appear here as soon as detections are attributed to this fire.

100% held

100% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

6people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

17 days

on record — first written down on Tuesday 11 August at 4:28pm local time.

Type 4 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

43.631, -102.437lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

No satellite heat has been attributed to this fire yet — either it is too new for a pass to have caught it, or it is too small to register from orbit. Everything above is from the interagency incident record and updates as that record does.