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Elm

Custer, SD · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 3 acres in Custer before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

3

Acres Burned

63

Days Burning

Sep 8, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 2 acres in the last day
Sep 8 / 1 acresSep 9 / 3 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Wind Cave National Park

Go

National Park / SD

7.3 mi

NW

Norbeck Wildlife Preserve National Game Refuge

Go

NCA / SD

23.6 mi

N

Black Elk Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / SD

26.5 mi

N

Jewel Cave National Monument

Go

Monument / SD

28.3 mi

NW

Jewel Cave National Monument

Go

Monument / SD

28.8 mi

NW

Buffalo Gap National Grassland

Go

National Grassland / SD

30.6 mi

E

Black Hills National Forest

Go

National Forest / SD

38 mi

NW

Oglala National Grassland

Go

National Grassland / NE

41.7 mi

S

Soldier Creek Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NE

56 mi

S

Badlands Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / SD

58.4 mi

NE

Badlands National Park

Go

National Park / SD

59.2 mi

NE

Pine Ridge National Recreation Area

Go

Recreation Area / NE

59.3 mi

S

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Elm update: 3 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 9

Per interagency perimeter data, the Elm grew 3 acres to 3.

IRWIN

Elm update: 0 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 9

Per interagency perimeter data, the Elm was remapped 3 acres lower to 0.

IRWIN

Elm update: 3 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Per interagency perimeter data, the Elm grew 2 acres to 3.

IRWIN

Elm mapped at 1 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the Elm at 1 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 8Now

63 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: 43610624-eabd-4ce5-9d67-1aacd3c938c6

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