2025 South Dakota Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

41 2025 Season Fires ▲ +31 vs same period last year

39,583 2025 Season Acres ▲ +39,295 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in South Dakota

Dec 22 Started 5 acres 4 football fields Stan Mark Fire

Dec 17 Started 166 acres 128 football fields Greyhound Fire

Nov 25 Started 2 acres 2 football fields Playhouse Fire

Nov 7 Started P Road Mm24 Fire

Nov 5 Started Highway 36 Fire

Oct 1 Started 3 acres 2 football fields Gertie Fire

Largest wildfires in South Dakota this season

33,928 Acres Slightly larger than San Francisco 28.1x the size of Lincoln Park Route 13 Fire Dupree

2,602 Acres 3.1x the size of Central Park 50% the size of JFK Airport War Creek Fire Fort Pierre

611 Acres 470 football fields Slightly smaller than Central Park 2025-Buffalo Fire Gettysburg

583 Acres 69% the size of Central Park 448 football fields New Holland Fire Wanblee

471 Acres 56% the size of Central Park 362 football fields Jumping Eagle Fire Manderson-White Horse Creek

350 Acres 269 football fields 2025 Hwy 12 MM 176 - NDSRA Mobridge

All 2025 South Dakota Fires · 41 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in South Dakota. 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 the border is listed with the acres that burned in South Dakota, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into South Dakota is listed too, at its South Dakota acres, and is not added to the South Dakota fire counts.

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Fire	County	Start date	Containment	Status	Acres	Center	Ignition point
Route 13 Fire	Ziebach	Mar 10, 2025	100%	Inactive	33,928	44.6876, -101.8422	—
War Creek Fire	Jones	Jul 27, 2025	100%	Inactive	2,602	44.1201, -100.4437	44.1167, -100.4337
2025-Buffalo Fire	Dewey	Apr 13, 2025	100%	Inactive	611	45.0940, -100.4050	—
New Holland Fire	Jackson	Jul 14, 2025	100%	Inactive	583	43.6345, -101.6636	—
Jumping Eagle Fire	Oglala Lakota	Sep 8, 2025	100%	Inactive	471	43.2907, -102.4633	—
2025 Hwy 12 MM 176 - NDSRA	Corson	Mar 15, 2025	100%	Inactive	350	45.6340, -100.6270	—
Highway 212 Fire	Dewey	Mar 20, 2025	—	Inactive	200	45.1482, -100.6188	—
Greyhound Fire	Pennington	Dec 17, 2025	—	Inactive	166	43.8803, -103.3683	43.8862, -103.3769
Pass Creek Fire	Bennett	Aug 27, 2025	—	Inactive	143	43.2784, -101.9121	—
Scatter Butte Fire	Dewey	Sep 9, 2025	—	Inactive	88	45.0172, -100.5200	—
Terca Fire	Lyman	Jul 21, 2025	—	Inactive	72	43.8559, -100.1823	43.8384, -100.1715
Buck Fire	Fall River	Aug 10, 2025	—	Inactive	58	43.3554, -103.6249	43.7030, -103.6783
Big White Fire	Mellette	Aug 18, 2025	—	Inactive	50	43.8134, -101.1067	—
Willow Creek Fire	Dewey	Jul 26, 2025	—	Inactive	44	44.7900, -100.5960	—
Stove Creek 25 Fire	Dewey	Jul 26, 2025	—	Inactive	44	45.0760, -100.5440	—
Wk18 Fire	Oglala Lakota	Aug 7, 2025	—	Inactive	37	43.0486, -102.3818	—
Cold Springs Fire	Custer	Aug 14, 2025	—	Inactive	25	43.5877, -103.5582	43.5883, -103.5588
Pig Fire	Mellette	Jul 17, 2025	—	Inactive	20	43.6529, -100.6726	—
Hicks Fire	Bennett	Sep 12, 2025	—	Inactive	15	43.3421, -101.7039	—
Choke Cherry Fire	Bennett	Aug 4, 2025	—	Inactive	15	43.3521, -102.0861	—
Deer Fire	Ziebach	Aug 11, 2025	—	Inactive	14	45.0630, -101.7580	—
Dry Creek Fire	Oglala Lakota	Jul 15, 2025	—	Inactive	10	43.5234, -102.4784	—
Lithograph Fire	Custer	Sep 12, 2025	—	Inactive	9	43.6429, -103.8669	43.6587, -103.9059
Route Four Nine Fire	Oglala Lakota	Aug 14, 2025	—	Inactive	6	43.1616, -102.5931	—
Bay Fire	Dewey	Jul 26, 2025	—	Inactive	6	44.8250, -100.6090	—
Stan Mark Fire	Pennington	Dec 22, 2025	—	Inactive	5	43.8749, -103.4240	43.8743, -103.4258
Gertie Fire	Pennington	Oct 1, 2025	—	Inactive	3	43.9239, -103.5916	43.9228, -103.5926
Slim Buttes Fire	Fall River	Sep 4, 2025	—	Inactive	3	43.1954, -103.0249	43.1893, -103.0494
Playhouse Fire	Custer	Nov 25, 2025	—	Inactive	2	43.8292, -103.3983	43.8493, -103.3833
Fp744 Fire	Dewey	Jul 27, 2025	—	Inactive	1	45.0730, -101.3270	—
Veneer 25 Fire	Ziebach	Jul 24, 2025	—	Inactive	1	45.0380, -101.8200	—
Red Plum Fire	Stanley	Jul 22, 2025	—	Inactive	1	44.2777, -100.3180	44.2774, -100.3234
P Road Mm24 Fire	Dewey	Nov 7, 2025	—	Inactive	0	45.3375, -100.6936	—
Highway 36 Fire	Custer	Nov 5, 2025	—	Inactive	0	43.8198, -103.2399	43.8178, -103.2396
Centennial Fire	Custer	Sep 12, 2025	—	Inactive	0	43.8519, -103.4288	43.8575, -103.4319
Ace Diamond Fire	Ziebach	Aug 21, 2025	—	Inactive	0	45.0630, -101.6410	—
Gillette Fire	Pennington	Aug 20, 2025	—	Inactive	0	43.9545, -103.7289	43.9595, -103.7385
Witch Fire	Custer	Aug 15, 2025	—	Inactive	0	43.5892, -103.6046	43.5884, -103.6062
Strip Fire	Ziebach	Aug 13, 2025	—	Inactive	0	45.0120, -101.7040	—
Mile Marker 112 Fire	Pennington	Aug 10, 2025	—	Inactive	0	43.9872, -102.2042	43.9874, -102.2048
Two Feet Fire	Dewey	Jul 27, 2025	—	Inactive	0	45.1110, -100.5640	—
Totals		2025 Season Fires 41	Active Fires 0	Acres Burning 0	2025 Season Acres 39,583

Land cover · South Dakota 2025

Burned acres in South Dakota for the 2025 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.

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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
Route 13 Fire	33,928	33,931	79	226	33,486	140
War Creek Fire	2,602	2,603	1	1	2,527	74
New Holland Fire	583	582	70	19	264	229
Jumping Eagle Fire	471	472	0	0	461	11
Highway 212 Fire	200	208	0	0	207	1
Greyhound Fire	166	170	119	1	41	9
Big White Fire	50	148	0	0	143	5
Pass Creek Fire	143	143	0	0	139	4
Buck Fire	58	111	37	15	58	0
Scatter Butte Fire	88	88	1	0	87	0
Terca Fire	72	73	0	0	73	0
Hicks Fire	15	44	0	0	42	2
Wk18 Fire	37	38	0	0	38	0
Pig Fire	20	36	0	0	36	0
Lithograph Fire	9	34	0	6	28	0
Cold Springs Fire	25	24	0	2	21	0
Gertie Fire	3	18	13	1	4	0
Choke Cherry Fire	15	16	9	0	6	0
Dry Creek Fire	10	15	0	0	15	0
Route Four Nine Fire	6	14	2	1	11	0
Slim Buttes Fire	3	8	0	0	8	0
Stan Mark Fire	5	6	6	0	0	0
Highway 36 Fire	0	4	0	0	3	1
Playhouse Fire	2	3	3	0	0	0
Red Plum Fire	1	2	0	0	2	0
P Road Mm24 Fire	0	2	0	0	2	0
Witch Fire	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mile Marker 112 Fire	0	1	0	0	0	0
Centennial Fire	0	1	1	0	0	0

Fires awaiting measurement

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
Fp744 Fire	1	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Veneer 25 Fire	1	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Gillette Fire	0	—	Smaller than one cell
Two Feet Fire	0	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Strip Fire	0	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Ace Diamond Fire	0	—	Awaiting a perimeter

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	41	39,583
Offered to measurement	41	39,583
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	29	38,512
Awaiting a perimeter	11	1,071
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	—	-282
Burned in from another state or province	0	0

Forest ownership · South Dakota 2025

Burned forest acres in South Dakota for the 2025 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.

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Burned forest by owner	Forest acres in South Dakota	% of burned forest	% of South Dakota's forestland
Public	133	38.7%	57.2%
Federal	133	38.7%	51.5%
State	0	0.0%	5.1%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.6%
Tribal	50	14.7%	12.2%
Tribal	50	14.7%	12.2%
Private	40	11.6%	30.6%
Family	40	11.6%	24.7%
Corporate	0	0.0%	5.2%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	0.0%
Other private	0	0.0%	0.8%
Ownership not modeled	120	35.0%	—
Burned forest in South Dakota	343	—	—

Fires by owner

Fire	Forest acres in South Dakota	Federal	Tribal	Private	Not modeled
Greyhound Fire	119	88	0	30	2
Route 13 Fire	79	0	16	0	63
New Holland Fire	70	0	25	0	45
Buck Fire	37	23	0	8	6
Gertie Fire	13	13	0	0	0
Choke Cherry Fire	9	0	7	0	2
Stan Mark Fire	6	4	0	2	0
Playhouse Fire	3	3	0	0	0
Route Four Nine Fire	2	0	2	0	0
War Creek Fire	1	0	0	0	1
Witch Fire	1	1	0	0	0
Centennial Fire	1	1	0	0	0
Scatter Butte Fire	1	0	0	0	1
Big White Fire	0	0	0	0	0
Highway 212 Fire	0	0	0	0	0
P Road Mm24 Fire	0	0	0	0	0