Lookout Fire

Perimeter mapped September 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM MDT, 444 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 44.513, -103.859.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Spearfish

Size

444 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

September 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM MDT

Cause

Human

Location

1 Miles N from Spearfish, SD

County

Lawrence County

State

South Dakota

Nearest city reported

Spearfish

Protecting agency

DWF

Land ownership at origin

City

Personnel assigned

35

Incident management

Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$1,152,361

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-SDSDS-260964

IRWIN identifier

8A700997-CF9B-40C9-923B-D824F9C07320

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 7, 2026 (445 acres) to September 8, 2026 (444 acres).

• Wind up to 12 mph from the east
• Relative humidity as low as 80%
• High of 59°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Spearfish, SD

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.

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 µg/m³ around Sun, 9:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Spearfish, SD2 miles south of the fire’s origin
• North Spearfish, SD2 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Belle Fourche, SD11 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Deadwood, SD11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Lead, SD12 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Sturgis, SD19 miles east of the fire’s origin