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Potato Creek

Jackson, SD · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 10,944 acres in Jackson before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

10,944

Acres Burned

106

Days Burning

Jul 27, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 5 / 10,912 acresAug 24 / 10,944 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

7 public land units within 75 miles

Badlands National Park

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National Park / SD

20 mi

NW

Badlands Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / SD

22 mi

NW

Buffalo Gap National Grassland

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National Grassland / SD

35.4 mi

W

Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / SD

40.4 mi

SE

Wind Cave National Park

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National Park / SD

68.4 mi

W

Norbeck Wildlife Preserve National Game Refuge

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NCA / SD

73.4 mi

W

Black Elk Wilderness

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Wilderness / SD

73.8 mi

W

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Potato Creek update: 10,944 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Potato Creek was remapped 87 acres lower to 10,944.

IRWIN

Potato Creek mapped at 11,031 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 6

Interagency perimeter data shows the Potato Creek at 11,031 acres, 100% contained.

IRWIN

Potato Creek mapped at 10,912 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 5

Interagency perimeter data shows the Potato Creek at 10,912 acres, 95% contained.

IRWIN

Potato Creek mapped at 10,912 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 4

Interagency perimeter data shows the Potato Creek at 10,912 acres, 90% contained.

IRWIN

Potato Creek mapped at 10,848 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 1

Interagency perimeter data shows the Potato Creek at 10,848 acres, 90% contained.

IRWIN

Potato Creek mapped at 9,096 acres, 79% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 1

Interagency perimeter data shows the Potato Creek at 9,096 acres, 79% contained.

IRWIN

Potato Creek mapped at 9,000 acres, 30% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 29

Interagency perimeter data shows the Potato Creek at 9,000 acres, 30% contained.

IRWIN

Potato Creek mapped at 8,958 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 29

Interagency perimeter data shows the Potato Creek at 8,958 acres.

IRWIN

Potato Creek mapped at 200 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 27

Interagency perimeter data shows the Potato Creek at 200 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: ddbd3fee-02cb-43e5-b9a9-4b62c9f6f3ba

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