Wildfire risk in South Dakota
South Dakota: 66 counties covered
Across 66 South Dakota counties, the average wildfire-risk percentile is 58 — but that average hides real spread between counties, which is why each community in this dataset gets its own page rather than one statewide number.
- Oglala Lakota County, SD — 96th percentile, Very High
- Bennett County, SD — 93rd percentile, Very High
- Custer County, SD — 89th percentile, Very High
- Fall River County, SD — 89th percentile, Very High
- Harding County, SD — 87th percentile, Very High
- Todd County, SD — 86th percentile, Very High
- Jackson County, SD — 85th percentile, Very High
- Pennington County, SD — 84th percentile, Very High
- Lawrence County, SD — 81st percentile, Very High
- Buffalo County, SD — 80th percentile, Very High
- Meade County, SD — 80th percentile, Very High
- Mellette County, SD — 79th percentile, High
- Hyde County, SD — 76th percentile, High
- Butte County, SD — 74th percentile, High
- Walworth County, SD — 72nd percentile, High
- Campbell County, SD — 71st percentile, High
- Potter County, SD — 71st percentile, High
- Hughes County, SD — 71st percentile, High
- Ziebach County, SD — 70th percentile, High
- Dewey County, SD — 70th percentile, High
- Corson County, SD — 70th percentile, High
- Jones County, SD — 67th percentile, High
- Haakon County, SD — 67th percentile, High
- Lyman County, SD — 67th percentile, High
- Gregory County, SD — 67th percentile, High
- Perkins County, SD — 66th percentile, High
- Stanley County, SD — 66th percentile, High
- Tripp County, SD — 66th percentile, High
- McPherson County, SD — 64th percentile, High
- Marshall County, SD — 64th percentile, High
- Hand County, SD — 62nd percentile, High
- Sully County, SD — 62nd percentile, High
- Jerauld County, SD — 60th percentile, High
- Charles Mix County, SD — 57th percentile, Elevated
- Faulk County, SD — 56th percentile, Elevated
- Sanborn County, SD — 56th percentile, Elevated
- Brown County, SD — 55th percentile, Elevated
- Union County, SD — 55th percentile, Elevated
- Roberts County, SD — 55th percentile, Elevated
- Edmunds County, SD — 53rd percentile, Elevated
- Brule County, SD — 52nd percentile, Elevated
- Bon Homme County, SD — 52nd percentile, Elevated
- Aurora County, SD — 52nd percentile, Elevated
- Day County, SD — 52nd percentile, Elevated
- Beadle County, SD — 48th percentile, Elevated
- Grant County, SD — 46th percentile, Elevated
- Yankton County, SD — 46th percentile, Elevated
- Deuel County, SD — 44th percentile, Elevated
- Spink County, SD — 44th percentile, Elevated
- Davison County, SD — 41st percentile, Elevated
- Hanson County, SD — 41st percentile, Elevated
- Clark County, SD — 40th percentile, Moderate
- Douglas County, SD — 40th percentile, Moderate
- Codington County, SD — 40th percentile, Moderate
- Hutchinson County, SD — 39th percentile, Moderate
- Miner County, SD — 39th percentile, Moderate
- Brookings County, SD — 39th percentile, Moderate
- Clay County, SD — 35th percentile, Moderate
- Lincoln County, SD — 32nd percentile, Moderate
- Kingsbury County, SD — 32nd percentile, Moderate
- Hamlin County, SD — 31st percentile, Moderate
- McCook County, SD — 30th percentile, Moderate
- Lake County, SD — 28th percentile, Moderate
- Turner County, SD — 27th percentile, Moderate
- Minnehaha County, SD — 27th percentile, Moderate
- Moody County, SD — 25th percentile, Moderate
The 10 highest-risk places in South Dakota on this site
Of the 439 South Dakota communities WildfireRiskFinder covers, these rank highest for wildfire risk nationally:
- Kyle, SD — 99th percentile, Very High
- Porcupine, SD — 99th percentile, Very High
- Wounded Knee, SD — 98th percentile, Very High
- Allen, SD — 98th percentile, Very High
- Manderson-White Horse Creek, SD — 98th percentile, Very High
- Oglala, SD — 96th percentile, Very High
- Pine Ridge, SD — 96th percentile, Very High
- Fairburn, SD — 96th percentile, Very High
- Smithwick, SD — 96th percentile, Very High
- Camp Crook, SD — 95th percentile, Very High