Coyote Flats Fire
The Coyote Flats Fire was reported on March 18, 2026 in Pennington County, South Dakota and burned 385 acres. It was declared out on April 10, 2026.
- Size
- 385 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 18, 2026
- Personnel
- 28
Map
Perimeter mapped April 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM MDT, 200 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 43.954, -103.318.
The incident
- Size
- 385 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM MDT
- Contained
- March 26, 2026 at 10:10 AM MDT
- Controlled
- March 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- April 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 2 Miles E from Rockerville, SD
- County
- Pennington County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Rockerville
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 28
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $450,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-SDBKF-260170
- IRWIN identifier
- A96DCBF7-2CA5-40A0-9577-3CB000012DDB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Colonial Pine Hills, SD covers the area today.
Nearby
- Colonial Pine Hills, SD4 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Rapid City, SD10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Rapid Valley, SD11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Blackhawk, SD14 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Summerset, SD16 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Box Elder, SD17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
South Dakota wildfires today Wildfires of 2026 All current fires
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 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-SDBKF-260170.