Land cover · South Dakota 2025

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Acres by cover type Acres in South Dakota % of burned % of South Dakota
Forest 343 0.9% 3.5%
Range (shrubland) 274 0.7% 2.4%
Grassland 37,701 97.2% 59.8%
Other 477 1.2% 34.3%
Measured acres in South Dakota 38,794 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in South Dakota Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Route 13 Fire 33,928 33,931 79 226 33,486 140 0
War Creek Fire 2,602 2,603 1 1 2,527 74 0
New Holland Fire 583 582 70 19 264 229 0
Jumping Eagle Fire 471 472 0 0 461 11 0
Highway 212 Fire 200 208 0 0 207 1 0
Greyhound Fire 166 170 119 1 41 9 0
Big White Fire 50 148 0 0 143 5 0
Pass Creek Fire 143 143 0 0 139 4 0
Buck Fire 58 111 37 15 58 0 0
Scatter Butte Fire 88 88 1 0 87 0 0
Terca Fire 72 73 0 0 73 0 0
Hicks Fire 15 44 0 0 42 2 0
Wk18 Fire 37 38 0 0 38 0 0
Pig Fire 20 36 0 0 36 0 0
Lithograph Fire 9 34 0 6 28 0 0
Cold Springs Fire 25 24 0 2 21 0 0
Gertie Fire 3 18 13 1 4 0 0
Choke Cherry Fire 15 16 9 0 6 0 0
Dry Creek Fire 15 15 0 0 15 0 0
Route Four Nine Fire 6 14 2 1 11 0 0
Slim Buttes Fire 3 8 0 0 8 0 0
Stan Mark Fire 5 6 6 0 0 0 0
Highway 36 Fire 0 4 0 0 3 1 0
Playhouse Fire 2 3 3 0 0 0 0
Red Plum Fire 1 2 0 0 2 0 0
P Road Mm24 Fire 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
Witch Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mile Marker 112 Fire 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Centennial Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
(12)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
2025-Buffalo Fire 611 — Awaiting a perimeter
2025 Hwy 12 MM 176 - NDSRA 350 — Awaiting a perimeter
Stove Creek 25 Fire 44 — Awaiting a perimeter
Willow Creek Fire 44 — Awaiting a perimeter
Deer Fire 14 — Awaiting a perimeter
Bay Fire 6 — Awaiting a perimeter
Two Feet Fire 4 — Awaiting a perimeter
Fp744 Fire 1 — Awaiting a perimeter
Veneer 25 Fire 1 — Awaiting a perimeter
Gillette Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Strip Fire 0 — Awaiting a perimeter
Ace Diamond Fire 0 — Awaiting a perimeter
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 41 39,592
Offered to measurement 41 39,592
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 29 38,517
Awaiting a perimeter 11 1,075
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside South Dakota 0 0
Measured acres in South Dakota 29 38,794
Measured acres outside South Dakota — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 38,794
Reported minus measured — -277
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for SD. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-01. 30 m cells.