South Dakota wildfires

Open the live map with fires and the fire weather outlook

Every wildfire and complex in South Dakota the interagency system lists as current, largest first.

Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches from the National Weather Service. A Red Flag Warning means warm temperatures, very low humidity and strong wind are expected or occurring together, so a fire that starts will spread quickly. A Fire Weather Watch means those conditions are possible in the next day or two.

None are in force in South Dakota right now.

The Storm Prediction Center’s outlook for where wind and low humidity (elevated, critical, extremely critical) or lightning with little rain (dry thunderstorms) favor fires starting and spreading. Towns inside each area are listed, largest first.

Today valid Sep 20, 7:00 AM CDT to Sep 21, 7:00 AM CDT

No part of South Dakota is in an elevated, critical or dry thunderstorm area.

Tomorrow valid Sep 21, 7:00 AM CDT to Sep 22, 7:00 AM CDT

No part of South Dakota is in an elevated, critical or dry thunderstorm area.

Wildfires and complexes of 100 acres or more reported this year that are no longer listed as current.

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Fires from the National Interagency Fire Center’s WFIGS incident records, updated as incident teams report. Fire weather outlook from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center. Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches from the National Weather Service.