Land cover · South Dakota 2026

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Acres by cover type Acres in South Dakota % of burned % of South Dakota
Forest 9,904 20.4% 3.5%
Range (shrubland) 1,167 2.4% 2.4%
Grassland 34,611 71.4% 59.8%
Other 2,821 5.8% 34.3%
Measured acres in South Dakota 48,503 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in South Dakota Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Potato Creek Fire 10,944 10,994 198 69 10,517 210 0
Qury Fire 9,168 9,166 6,578 553 1,985 49 0
Needles Fire 6,017 6,019 1,063 105 4,840 11 0
79 Fire 5,408 5,409 5 40 5,314 50 0
Bauman Fire 3,178 3,178 575 73 1,307 1,222 0
Xu Hill Fire 1,297 1,298 0 14 1,267 16 0
Fb 17 Fire 1,188 1,186 535 2 642 7 0
Guide Fire 1,104 1,102 0 70 902 130 0
Van Meter Fire 1,091 1,090 0 0 1,088 1 0
Moreau River Fire 991 992 0 3 979 10 0
Four Corner Fire 665 664 2 1 187 473 0
Duhamel Fire 531 530 3 4 110 412 0
Fairpoint Fire 510 509 0 11 496 2 0
Rancher Fire 698 503 97 8 397 0 0
Twin Butte Ck Fire 890 501 0 8 485 8 0
Bear Butte Fire 457 455 0 1 450 4 0
Timber Fire 450 451 70 3 364 14 0
Lookout Fire 444 444 152 75 214 4 0
Murphy Fire 423 420 113 50 256 2 0
Coyote Flats Fire 385 385 106 24 252 2 0
Red Stone Fire 371 371 7 13 333 18 0
Route 2 Fire 270 270 0 0 270 0 0
Rock Creek Fire 254 255 0 0 254 1 0
Lake Fire 205 205 84 0 115 6 0
Deckert Fire 165 192 0 0 192 0 0
Wildhorse Fire 180 181 12 4 122 43 0
Duck Fire 100 175 0 5 170 0 0
Redwood Fire 169 170 112 10 42 6 0
Hansen Fire 100 101 0 0 49 51 0
Deep Creek Fire 112 93 0 0 93 0 0
Rumford Fire 40 84 0 2 74 8 0
New H Fire 77 77 0 0 76 1 0
Stateline 4 Fire 150 75 (of 84) 0 0 69 6 0
Silver Mountain Fire 68 68 44 1 20 3 0
Candle Fire 63 66 28 3 35 0 0
Dupree Creek Fire 31 61 0 0 61 0 0
Standing Butte Fire 60 60 0 0 56 4 0
Grey Rocks Fire 58 58 43 1 6 7 0
Milton Fire 35 41 1 0 38 2 0
Green Grass Creek Fire 40 41 0 0 41 0 0
Hihanni Sica Fire 40 40 1 0 39 0 0
Fb212 Fire 37 38 0 0 38 0 0
1 Bale Fire 37 36 0 0 33 3 0
Hilltop Fire 27 28 0 0 28 1 0
Camel Back Fire 10 28 11 1 16 0 0
Phahin Fire 12 26 0 0 26 0 0
Daughenbaugh Fire 24 25 0 0 23 2 0
Sundance Fire 25 25 19 2 4 0 0
Spring Fire 22 24 0 0 20 4 0
Grand River 2 Fire 22 22 0 0 22 0 0
Soggy Bottom Fire 19 20 0 0 17 2 0
White Car Fire 17 18 0 0 16 1 0
Old 14 Fire 17 17 0 2 13 2 0
Cut Meat Creek Fire 16 16 2 0 12 1 0
Sitting Bear Fire 16 16 0 0 16 0 0
Howard Ca Fire 15 15 0 0 0 15 0
Ash Creek Fire 15 15 1 0 14 0 0
Hunter Fire 0 14 0 0 14 1 0
Bigly Fire 13 13 12 0 1 0 0
North Route Fire 11 12 2 0 10 0 0
Beretta Fire 12 12 3 0 9 0 0
Evening Fire 10 10 1 0 9 0 0
Two Strike Hill Fire 8 8 0 0 8 0 0
Far East Ridge Fire 34 8 0 0 8 0 0
Tails Fire 7 7 0 0 7 0 0
Allen Creek Fire 5 6 1 0 5 0 0
N Elk Vale Fire 6 6 0 0 6 0 0
Chapter Hill Fire 5 6 1 0 6 0 0
Rake Fire 4 5 2 0 3 0 0
Low Rent Fire 4 5 2 0 2 0 0
87 Fire 5 4 4 0 0 0 0
Fb 65 Fire 3 4 3 0 0 0 0
Mulched Pine Fire 2 3 0 0 3 0 0
Edgemont Road Fire 2 3 0 1 2 0 0
Mission Fire 2 3 0 1 2 0 0
Brooks Fire 15 3 3 0 0 0 0
Holly Fire 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
Victoria Lake Fire 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
South Mission Fire 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
Home Run Fire 2 2 0 0 1 2 0
Kick Fire 2 2 0 1 1 0 0
Flormann Fire 2 2 2 0 0 1 0
Colt Fire 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
Cosmos Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Trail Fire 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rec Fire 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Homestead Fire 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
No Flesh Fire 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Buffalo Corral Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Grey Tower Fire 0 1 0 0 1 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 measurement
(12)
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 measurement 111 48,967
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 99 48,925
Awaiting a perimeter 5 40
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 7 2
Every cell outside South Dakota 0 0
Measured acres in South Dakota 99 48,503
Measured acres outside South Dakota — 9
Whole perimeter acres — 48,512
Reported minus measured — 413
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for SD. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-17. 30 m cells.