2026 Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota Wildfires

4 Active Fires

2,179 Acres Burning 1.8x the size of Lincoln Park

19 2026 Season Fires ▲ +16 (+533%) vs same period last year

4,235 2026 Season Acres ▲ +4,182 (+7891%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Oglala Lakota County

Aug 22 Started 15 acres 12 football fields Brooks Fire

Aug 12 Started 63 acres 48 football fields Candle Fire

Aug 12 Started 12 acres 9 football fields Phahin Fire

Aug 12 Started 10 acres 8 football fields Camel Back Fire

Aug 12 Started 698 acres Slightly smaller than Central Park Rancher Fire

Aug 12 Started 169 acres 130 football fields Redwood Fire

Largest wildfires in Oglala Lakota County this season

1,297 Acres About the size of Lincoln Park Xu Hill Fire Kyle

1,104 Acres About the size of Lincoln Park Guide Fire Oglala

698 Acres Slightly smaller than Central Park Rancher Fire Porcupine

450 Acres 346 football fields 53% the size of Central Park Timber Fire Porcupine

169 Acres 130 football fields Redwood Fire Manderson-White Horse Creek

165 Acres 127 football fields Deckert Fire Porcupine

All 2026 Oglala Lakota County Fires · 19 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Oglala Lakota County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Oglala Lakota County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Oglala Lakota County is listed too, at its Oglala Lakota County acres, and is not added to the Oglala Lakota County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Oglala Lakota County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire	Start date	Containment	Status	Acres	Center	Ignition point
Xu Hill Fire	Aug 11, 2026	95%	Active	1,297	43.6308, -102.4449	—
Guide Fire	May 2, 2026	100%	Inactive	1,104	43.2552, -102.8898	—
Rancher Fire	Aug 12, 2026	70%	Active	698	43.3268, -102.3470	—
Timber Fire	Mar 25, 2026	100%	Inactive	450	43.1662, -102.3519	—
Redwood Fire	Aug 12, 2026	95%	Active	169	43.2667, -102.4148	—
Deckert Fire	Aug 11, 2026	—	Inactive	165	43.2538, -102.2291	—
Candle Fire	Aug 12, 2026	—	Inactive	63	43.3087, -102.3201	—
White Car Fire	Apr 8, 2026	—	Inactive	17	43.3926, -102.8450	—
Brooks Fire	Aug 22, 2026	—	Active	15	43.2224, -102.3310	—
Phahin Fire	Aug 12, 2026	—	Inactive	12	43.2748, -102.3022	—
North Route Fire	May 12, 2026	—	Inactive	11	43.5121, -102.2973	—
Camel Back Fire	Aug 12, 2026	—	Inactive	10	43.2202, -102.4053	—
Evening Fire	May 5, 2026	—	Inactive	10	43.1741, -102.5622	—
Tails Fire	Apr 8, 2026	—	Inactive	7	43.3241, -102.3603	—
Trail Fire	May 4, 2026	—	Inactive	3	43.1809, -102.6584	—
Colt Fire	Jul 30, 2026	—	Inactive	2	43.1112, -102.5799	—
Mission Fire	Jul 25, 2026	—	Inactive	2	43.1195, -102.5183	—
Home Run Fire	May 11, 2026	—	Inactive	2	43.1897, -102.7399	—
Rec Fire	May 12, 2026	—	Inactive	1	43.1887, -102.7452	—
Also burned into Oglala Lakota County
Potato Creek Fire from Jackson County	Jul 27, 2026	100%	Inactive	197 of 10,944	43.6101, -102.0844	—
Totals	2026 Season Fires 19	Active Fires 4	Acres Burning 2,179	2026 Season Acres 4,235