Forest ownership · South Dakota 2026

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in South Dakota % of burned forest % of South Dakota's forestland
Public 6,171 62.3% 57.2%
Federal 5,045 50.9% 51.5%
State 985 9.9% 5.1%
Local (county, city) 141 1.4% 0.6%
Tribal 2,163 21.8% 12.2%
Tribal 2,163 21.8% 12.2%
Private 572 5.8% 30.6%
Family 570 5.8% 24.7%
Corporate 2 0.0% 5.2%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.8%
Ownership not modeled 997 10.1% —
Burned forest in South Dakota 9,904 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in South Dakota Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Qury Fire 6,578 4,924 985 0 0 371 298
Needles Fire 1,063 0 0 0 910 0 153
Bauman Fire 575 0 0 0 385 0 191
Fb 17 Fire 535 0 0 0 453 0 82
Potato Creek Fire 198 0 0 0 100 0 98
Lookout Fire 152 0 0 141 0 0 11
Murphy Fire 113 0 0 0 0 91 21
Redwood Fire 112 0 0 0 105 0 7
Coyote Flats Fire 106 18 0 0 0 80 9
Rancher Fire 97 0 0 0 69 0 28
Lake Fire 84 0 0 0 40 0 44
Timber Fire 70 0 0 0 49 0 20
Silver Mountain Fire 44 44 0 0 0 1 0
Grey Rocks Fire 43 36 0 0 0 6 1
Candle Fire 28 0 0 0 25 0 3
Sundance Fire 19 0 0 0 0 19 0
Wildhorse Fire 12 0 0 0 3 0 9
Bigly Fire 12 12 0 0 0 0 0
Camel Back Fire 11 0 0 0 8 0 3
Red Stone Fire 7 0 0 0 3 0 4
79 Fire 5 0 0 0 0 1 4
87 Fire 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Fb 65 Fire 3 0 0 0 3 0 0
Duhamel Fire 3 0 0 0 0 2 1
Brooks Fire 3 0 0 0 2 0 1
Beretta Fire 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Victoria Lake Fire 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Rake Fire 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
Low Rent Fire 2 0 0 0 2 0 1
Cut Meat Creek Fire 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
North Route Fire 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Flormann Fire 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Four Corner Fire 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cosmos Fire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Allen Creek Fire 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Milton Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Trail Fire 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Evening Fire 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Buffalo Corral Fire 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hihanni Sica Fire 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ash Creek Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chapter Hill Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fb212 Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rumford Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Two Strike Hill 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
No Flesh Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spring Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mission Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colt Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xu Hill 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
Van Meter Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

44 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 44,533 9,904
Land cover Forest cells 44,533 9,904
Equal 44,533

USFS RDS-2020-0044 service 12 for SD. Ownership tabulated through 2026-09-17. 30 m cells.