Wildfires in Buffalo County

South Dakota

Fire-weather risk today

Very low

tomorrow: Very low · steady

Fires in 2026

8 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

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from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Good

EAQI 16· PM2.5 4.1 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (cell-44:-100) — not per county. Fire counts, perimeters and areas below are per county, from official records.

Fires by year

First season on record — year-over-year comparisons appear as we accumulate history.

Fire history

Buffalo · Wildfire 05/09/2026· 80 h › Cloud · Wildfire 03/09/2026· 115 h › Bark 2 · Wildfire 31/08/2026· 75 h › Bark · Wildfire 30/08/2026· 90 h › Curve · Wildfire 28/08/2026· 86 h › Headstart · Wildfire 21/08/2026· 84 h › East Wind · Wildfire 04/08/2026· 75 h › Road · Wildfire 13/07/2026· 16 h ›

Incident records from NIFC/WFIGS (public domain). Fire-weather risk is our own estimate (Canadian FWI on Open-Meteo forecasts), not an official warning — for those see your National Weather Service office. In an emergency call 911.