Wildfires in South Dakota
Large wildfires have burned 1.25 million acres of South Dakota since 1984, 20th among the states.
- 1.25Macres burned since 1984
- 235large fires
- 2000worst year, 188K acres
- 20thamong the states for acres burned
2025
- Wildfires on record, by year
Over time
The largest fires
| Jasper Fire | 2000 | 82,243 |
| Wellnitz Fire | 2012 | 77,396 |
| Kraft Springs Fire | 2002 | 66,247 |
| Legion Lake Fire | 2017 | 54,850 |
| Brewer Fire | 1988 | 48,246 |
| Cottonwood Ca Fire | 2016 | 41,793 |
| Longhorn Complex | 2012 | 41,436 |
| Route 13 Fire | 2025 | 34,447 |
Every county
Counties with any recorded events, highest first.
| Oglala Lakota County | 225,604 |
| Custer County | 216,005 |
| Fall River County | 122,150 |
| Todd County | 97,789 |
| Pennington County | 68,791 |
| Jackson County | 61,625 |
| Ziebach County | 60,090 |
| Perkins County | 58,255 |
| Corson County | 57,818 |
| Harding County | 55,082 |
| Meade County | 50,098 |
| Mellette County | 39,796 |
| Bennett County | 27,858 |
| Stanley County | 18,783 |
| Dewey County | 18,031 |
| Lawrence County | 14,335 |
| Jones County | 9,110 |
| Butte County | 6,948 |
| Lyman County | 6,077 |
| Buffalo County | 5,523 |
| Haakon County | 3,055 |
| Edmunds County | 2,890 |
| McPherson County | 2,789 |
| Sully County | 2,789 |
| Walworth County | 2,778 |
| Campbell County | 2,755 |
| Tripp County | 2,719 |
| Day County | 2,207 |
| Roberts County | 1,682 |
| Brown County | 1,336 |
| Hyde County | 1,268 |
| Sanborn County | 1,184 |
| Hand County | 995 |
| Spink County | 705 |
| Jerauld County | 422 |
| Clark County | 365 |