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Bender Ridge

Custer, SD · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 48 acres in Custer before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

48

Acres Burned

106

Days Burning

Jul 27, 2026

Discovered

3mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Jul 27 / 30 acresAug 11 / 48 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

10 public land units within 75 miles

Black Elk Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / SD

11.1 mi

W

Norbeck Wildlife Preserve National Game Refuge

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NCA / SD

11.2 mi

W

Wind Cave National Park

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National Park / SD

18.8 mi

SW

Black Hills National Forest

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National Forest / SD

25.1 mi

NW

Jewel Cave National Monument

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Monument / SD

28.4 mi

W

Jewel Cave National Monument

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Monument / SD

29.2 mi

W

Buffalo Gap National Grassland

Go

National Grassland / SD

30.5 mi

SE

Badlands Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / SD

48 mi

E

Badlands National Park

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National Park / SD

49.4 mi

E

Oglala National Grassland

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National Grassland / NE

65.7 mi

S

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Bender Ridge mapped at 48 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 28

Interagency perimeter data shows the Bender Ridge at 48 acres.

IRWIN

Bender mapped at 30 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 27

Interagency perimeter data shows the Bender at 30 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 27Now

106 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: a5a3afe8-f484-42b9-a376-3c4161101f5d

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