2025 South Dakota Wildfires
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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.
| 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 | — |
| Dry Creek Fire | Oglala Lakota | Jul 15, 2025 | — | Inactive | 15 | 43.5234, -102.4784 | — |
| Deer Fire | Ziebach | Aug 11, 2025 | — | Inactive | 14 | 45.0630, -101.7580 | — |
| 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 |
| Two Feet Fire | Dewey | Jul 27, 2025 | — | Inactive | 4 | 45.1110, -100.5640 | — |
| 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 |
| Totals | 2025 Season Fires 41 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2025 Season Acres 39,592 |
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.
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.
Burn severity · South Dakota 2025
Burned acres in South Dakota for the 2025 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.