Burn severity · South Dakota 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in South Dakota
Unburned to very low 4,813 648 14,327 1,734 0 21,523
Low 1,307 194 7,094 701 0 9,296
Moderate low 1,084 125 6,539 246 0 7,994
Moderate high 906 80 3,628 108 0 4,723
High 1,794 119 3,023 31 0 4,968
Assessed acres in South Dakota 9,904 1,167 34,611 2,821 0 48,503
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in South Dakota Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Potato Creek Fire 10,944 10,994 1,875 4,069 3,355 1,195 500
Qury Fire 9,168 9,166 5,974 1,265 832 494 601
Needles Fire 6,017 6,019 448 978 1,426 1,329 1,838
79 Fire 5,408 5,409 5,408 1 0 0 0
Bauman Fire 3,178 3,178 2,362 370 133 93 220
Xu Hill Fire 1,297 1,298 13 607 642 36 0
Fb 17 Fire 1,188 1,186 1,185 0 0 0 0
Guide Fire 1,104 1,102 1,102 0 0 0 0
Van Meter Fire 1,091 1,090 223 149 142 199 377
Moreau River Fire 991 992 344 429 151 57 11
Four Corner Fire 665 664 175 198 192 82 17
Duhamel Fire 531 530 77 442 11 0 0
Fairpoint Fire 510 509 0 52 280 156 20
Rancher Fire 698 503 3 46 153 177 124
Twin Butte Ck Fire 890 501 1 26 44 117 314
Bear Butte Fire 457 455 0 2 35 167 250
Timber Fire 450 451 302 78 41 26 5
Lookout Fire 444 444 27 28 40 59 290
Murphy Fire 423 420 261 52 54 32 22
Coyote Flats Fire 385 385 307 44 19 10 5
Red Stone Fire 371 371 260 108 2 0 0
Route 2 Fire 270 270 10 38 61 86 75
Rock Creek Fire 254 255 16 45 115 71 8
Lake Fire 205 205 114 22 13 13 44
Deckert Fire 165 192 0 23 62 85 22
Wildhorse Fire 180 181 150 28 2 1 1
Duck Fire 100 175 158 17 0 0 0
Redwood Fire 169 170 21 23 36 50 40
Hansen Fire 100 101 101 0 0 0 0
Deep Creek Fire 112 93 93 0 0 0 0
Rumford Fire 40 84 67 17 0 0 0
New H Fire 77 77 0 2 15 43 18
Stateline 4 Fire 150 75 (of 84) 0 1 0 8 65
Silver Mountain Fire 68 68 26 17 14 10 1
Candle Fire 63 66 0 1 12 25 27
Dupree Creek Fire 31 61 9 14 20 15 3
Standing Butte Fire 60 60 2 0 4 27 27
Grey Rocks Fire 58 58 12 13 18 14 0
Milton Fire 35 41 41 0 0 0 0
Green Grass Creek Fire 40 41 1 18 21 2 0
Hihanni Sica Fire 40 40 21 17 2 0 0
Fb212 Fire 37 38 38 0 0 0 0
1 Bale Fire 37 36 36 0 0 0 0
Hilltop Fire 27 28 24 4 0 0 0
Camel Back Fire 10 28 3 8 11 6 0
Phahin Fire 12 26 0 2 10 11 2
Daughenbaugh Fire 24 25 25 0 0 0 0
Sundance Fire 25 25 7 3 3 6 6
Spring Fire 22 24 21 2 0 0 0
Grand River 2 Fire 22 22 0 0 0 5 17
Soggy Bottom Fire 19 20 20 0 0 0 0
White Car Fire 17 18 18 0 0 0 0
Old 14 Fire 17 17 6 9 1 0 0
Cut Meat Creek Fire 16 16 15 0 0 0 0
Sitting Bear Fire 16 16 16 0 0 0 0
Howard Ca Fire 15 15 15 0 0 0 0
Ash Creek Fire 15 15 0 0 1 5 8
Hunter Fire 0 14 5 10 0 0 0
Bigly Fire 13 13 4 2 1 2 5
North Route Fire 11 12 6 4 0 0 0
Beretta Fire 12 12 1 0 1 5 5
Evening Fire 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
Two Strike Hill Fire 8 8 8 0 0 0 0
Far East Ridge Fire 34 8 0 4 4 0 0
Tails Fire 7 7 7 0 0 0 0
Allen Creek Fire 5 6 6 0 0 0 0
N Elk Vale Fire 6 6 6 0 0 0 0
Chapter Hill Fire 5 6 0 1 4 1 0
Rake Fire 4 5 5 0 0 0 0
Low Rent Fire 4 5 5 0 0 0 0
87 Fire 5 4 4 1 0 0 0
Fb 65 Fire 3 4 4 0 0 0 0
Mulched Pine Fire 2 3 3 0 0 0 0
Edgemont Road Fire 2 3 1 2 0 0 0
Mission Fire 2 3 0 0 1 2 0
Brooks Fire 15 3 0 0 2 1 0
Holly Fire 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Victoria Lake Fire 3 2 0 1 1 0 0
South Mission Fire 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Home Run Fire 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Kick Fire 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
Flormann Fire 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Colt Fire 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
Cosmos Fire 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Trail Fire 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rec Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Homestead Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
No Flesh Fire 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Buffalo Corral Fire 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Grey Tower Fire 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Route 7 Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ridgeford Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag Mountain Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St Elmo Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rattlesnake Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wind Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blue Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scouts Spot Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
East 212 Fire 32 — Awaiting a perimeter
Sunkala Fire 7 — Awaiting a perimeter
Rosebud Hill Fire 1 — Smaller than one cell
Blizzard Fire 1 — Awaiting a perimeter
Toksa 15 Fire 1 — Smaller than one cell
Estes Creek Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Mustang Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Artillery Fire 0 — Awaiting a perimeter
B Lake Rd Fire 0 — Awaiting a perimeter
Star Shift 1 Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Everest Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Syndicate Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 111 48,967
Offered to assessment 111 48,967
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 99 48,925
Awaiting a perimeter 5 40
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 7 2
Every cell outside South Dakota 0 0
Assessed acres in South Dakota 99 48,503
Assessed acres outside South Dakota — 9
Whole perimeter acres — 48,512
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

Generated 2026-10-22 22:31 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-10-22 22:31 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for SD. 30 m cells.