Buffalo Fire
The Buffalo Fire was reported on April 11, 2025 in Dewey County, South Dakota and burned 611 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 611 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 11, 2025
- Personnel
- 31
Map
Perimeter mapped April 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM CDT, 611 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 45.094, -100.405.
The incident
- Size
- 611 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Dewey County, 2 miles NW of Marksville, SD
- County
- Dewey County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Marksville
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 31
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $155,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-SDCRA-000015
- IRWIN identifier
- A0A08F70-7A56-4261-A1F6-696C04841B11
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Gettysburg, SD covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated April 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM CDT. Identifier 2025-SDCRA-000015.