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Rancher

Oglala Lakota, SD · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 504 acres in Oglala Lakota before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

504

Acres Burned

91

Days Burning

Aug 12, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 12 / 1,000 acresSep 15 / 504 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

28 mi

NW

Badlands National Park

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National Park / SD

33.9 mi

N

Badlands Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / SD

35.3 mi

N

Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / SD

40.8 mi

E

Wind Cave National Park

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National Park / SD

58.2 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

67.6 mi

NW

Black Elk Wilderness

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Wilderness / SD

68.8 mi

NW

Oglala National Grassland

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National Grassland / NE

72.6 mi

W

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Rancher update: 504 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rancher grew 1 acres to 504.

IRWIN

Rancher update: 503 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rancher containment moved from 95% to 100%.

IRWIN

Rancher update: 503 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rancher containment moved from 85% to 95%.

IRWIN

Rancher update: 503 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 21

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rancher was remapped 195 acres lower to 503.

IRWIN

Rancher update: 698 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 19

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rancher containment moved from 75% to 85%.

IRWIN

Rancher update: 698 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 17

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rancher containment moved from 70% to 75%.

IRWIN

Rancher fire update: 698 acres, 70% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 14

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

IRWIN

Rancher fire update: 698 acres, 60% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rancher fire was remapped 302 acres lower to 698 and containment moved from 0% to 60%.

IRWIN

Rancher fire mapped at 1,000 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 12

Interagency perimeter data shows the Rancher fire at 1,000 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 12Now

91 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: 38c5c8bc-0931-4c94-af79-6f56b6f91026

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