Fairpoint Fire
The Fairpoint Fire was reported on July 25, 2026 in Meade County, South Dakota and burned 510 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 510 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2026
- Personnel
- 42
Map
Perimeter mapped September 23, 2026 at 11:14 AM MDT, 511 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.764, -102.844.
The incident
- Size
- 510 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 3 Miles W from Fairpoint, SD
- County
- Meade County
- State
- South Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Fairpoint, SD
- Protecting agency
- DWF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 42
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $25,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-SDSDS-260728
- IRWIN identifier
- D162D596-C8CD-422E-9B5E-75799F47CCFE
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 27, 2026 (511 acres) to September 23, 2026 (511 acres).
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 27, 2026 | 511 | |
| September 23, 2026 | 511 | 0 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 20 mph from the south
- Relative humidity as low as 40%
- High of 76°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.3 µg/m³ around Wed, 2:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Newell, SD29 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Sturgis, SD41 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD44 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Box Elder, SD46 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Summerset, SD47 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Blackhawk, SD48 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
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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 September 23, 2026 at 11:14 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-SDSDS-260728.