Counties with the Most Acres Burned by Wildfire in South Dakota
The top 25 of 66 South Dakota counties on GIS Map, ranked by total acres burned in recorded wildfires from 1992 to 2024.
| # | County | Acres burned |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennington County | 70,197 |
| 2 | Fall River County | 66,483 |
| 3 | Perkins County | 39,120 |
| 4 | Oglala Lakota County | 36,154 |
| 5 | Custer County | 25,028 |
| 6 | Harding County | 21,827 |
| 7 | Mellette County | 21,123 |
| 8 | Corson County | 17,391 |
| 9 | Meade County | 15,902 |
| 10 | Jones County | 14,695 |
| 11 | Edmunds County | 13,789 |
| 12 | Campbell County | 13,491 |
| 13 | Potter County | 10,172 |
| 14 | Lawrence County | 7,985 |
| 15 | Brown County | 7,939 |
| 16 | Todd County | 6,635 |
| 17 | Bon Homme County | 6,579 |
| 18 | Ziebach County | 5,951 |
| 19 | Buffalo County | 5,773 |
| 20 | Hand County | 5,402 |
| 21 | Dewey County | 5,308 |
| 22 | Butte County | 5,172 |
| 23 | Charles Mix County | 5,110 |
| 24 | Jackson County | 4,848 |
| 25 | Haakon County | 4,839 |
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 Most Acres Burned by Wildfire in South Dakota”, https://gismap.land/rankings/south-dakota/most-acres-burned-counties. Figures from USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024).
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