Custer County, South Dakota · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
30 acres
Jul 27, 5:01 PM
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— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Bender Fire is a wildfire near Custer County, South Dakota. It has burned about 30 acres (about 23 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported today. We're also tracking 7 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Monday, July 27th at 5:01 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
96°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 12 mph SW · 43% chance of rain
Tonight
68°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 10 mph W · 42% chance of rain
Tuesday
91°F · Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 3 to 9 mph E · 19% chance of rain
Tuesday Night
66°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 3 to 9 mph S · 8% chance of rain
Wednesday
94°F · Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 3 to 14 mph S · 16% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, July 27th at 5:08 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 7 other active fires, closest first:
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