2026 Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Oglala Lakota County
Largest wildfires in Oglala Lakota County this season
All 2026 Oglala Lakota County Fires · 20 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.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needles Fire | Sep 4, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 6,017 | 43.3277, -102.3229 | — |
| Xu Hill Fire | Aug 11, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 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% | Inactive | 698 | 43.3268, -102.3470 | — |
| Timber Fire | Mar 25, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 450 | 43.1662, -102.3519 | — |
| Redwood Fire | Aug 12, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 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 | — | Inactive | 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 20 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 10,252 | ||
Land cover · Oglala Lakota County 2026
Burned acres in Oglala Lakota County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Forest ownership · Oglala Lakota County 2026
Burned forest acres in Oglala Lakota County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.
Burn severity · Oglala Lakota County 2026
Burned acres in Oglala Lakota County for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.