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Van Meter

Jones, SD · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 1,091 acres in Jones before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

1,091

Acres Burned

63

Days Burning

Sep 8, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 791 acres in the last day
Sep 8 / 300 acresSep 9 / 1,091 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

2 public land units within 75 miles

Fort Pierre National Grassland

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National Grassland / SD

27 mi

E

Badlands National Park

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National Park / SD

74.8 mi

W

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Van Meter update: 1,091 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 9

Per interagency perimeter data, the Van Meter grew 791 acres to 1,091.

IRWIN

Four Corners mapped at 300 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the Four Corners at 300 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: 75ec3448-c107-4a13-a99c-03f03e3dec10

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