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Needles

Oglala Lakota, SD · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 6,018 acres in Oglala Lakota before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

6,018

Acres Burned

67

Days Burning

Sep 4, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 90%
Sep 4 / 1 acresSep 17 / 6,018 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

9 public land units within 75 miles

Buffalo Gap National Grassland

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National Grassland / SD

29.7 mi

NW

Badlands National Park

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National Park / SD

34.9 mi

N

Badlands Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / SD

36.3 mi

N

Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / SD

39.2 mi

E

Wind Cave National Park

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National Park / SD

59.7 mi

W

Pine Ridge National Recreation Area

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Recreation Area / NE

62.5 mi

SW

Norbeck Wildlife Preserve National Game Refuge

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NCA / SD

69.2 mi

NW

Black Elk Wilderness

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Wilderness / SD

70.4 mi

NW

Oglala National Grassland

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National Grassland / NE

73.4 mi

W

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Needles update: 6,018 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Needles containment moved from 70% to 90%.

IRWIN

Needles update: 6,018 acres, 70% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 9

Per interagency perimeter data, the Needles containment moved from 60% to 70%.

IRWIN

Needles update: 6,018 acres, 60% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Per interagency perimeter data, the Needles containment moved from 45% to 60%.

IRWIN

Needles update: 6,018 acres, 45% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the Needles containment moved from 30% to 45%.

IRWIN

Needles update: 6,018 acres, 30% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 6

Per interagency perimeter data, the Needles grew 2,018 acres to 6,018.

IRWIN

Needles update: 4,000 acres, 30% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 6

Per interagency perimeter data, the Needles grew 3,040 acres to 4,000 and containment moved from 0% to 30%.

IRWIN

Needles update: 960 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 5

Per interagency perimeter data, the Needles grew 959 acres to 960.

IRWIN

Needles mapped at 1 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 4

Interagency perimeter data shows the Needles at 1 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 4Now

67 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: 314675bc-6f21-45c8-aa0f-cc6bc86f744c

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