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Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in South Dakota

The top 25 of 66 South Dakota counties on GIS Map, ranked by the largest single wildfire recorded in the county since 1992.

#CountyLargest single fire
1Pennington County
41,360
2Mellette County
15,320
3Fall River County
14,318
4Oglala Lakota County
12,636
5Campbell County
11,000
6Perkins County
10,680
7Jones County
9,911
8Custer County
9,886
9Harding County
8,054
10Corson County
7,829
11Edmunds County
7,700
12Potter County
5,100
13Meade County
3,959
14Todd County
3,389
15Ziebach County
3,380
16Buffalo County
2,920
17Lawrence County
2,734
18Hand County
2,300
19Deuel County
2,100
20Tripp County
1,950
21Spink County
1,800
22Haakon County
1,600
23Bennett County
1,500
24Bon Homme County
1,300
25Brown County
1,200

Source: USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024). All counties with data are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in South Dakota”, https://gismap.land/rankings/south-dakota/largest-wildfire-counties. Figures from USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024).

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