Bear Butte Fire

Meade County, South Dakota · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Aug 10, 2026 (41 minutes ago)
First reported yesterday
Metric Now
Size
457 acres
Aug 10, 7:00 PM
+307 acres
was 150 acres · Aug 10, 6:00 PM
Containment
50%
Aug 10, 7:00 PM
Crew size
126
Aug 10, 7:00 PM
Money spent
$100,000
Aug 10, 7:00 PM

Bear Butte Fire and other nearby fires

🔥 Where this fire started Mostly contained Partly contained Containment not reported

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Bear Butte Fire summary

The Bear Butte Fire is a wildfire near Meade County, South Dakota. It has burned about 457 acres (about 346 football fields). Crews have boxed in 50% of its edge; the other 50% isn't contained yet. It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday. About 126 people are on it, run by a Type 3 IC. We're also tracking 2 other active fires within about 75 miles.

Size
457 acres
Containment
50%
Discovered
August 10, 2026 (first reported yesterday)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Monday, August 10th at 7:00 p.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

Tonight

63°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy

Wind 3 to 15 mph SE · 16% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Tuesday

91°F · Mostly Sunny then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 3 to 17 mph SE · 24% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Some rain

Tuesday Night

63°F · Partly Cloudy then Areas Of Smoke

Wind 5 to 17 mph SE · 12% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Wednesday

84°F · Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 5 to 17 mph E · 58% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Rain likely

Wednesday Night

59°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 8 to 17 mph E · 64% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, August 10th at 7:07 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 126 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 3 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $100,000 has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

Where to get live updates

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Nearby fires to Bear Butte Fire

Within about 75 miles we're tracking 2 other active fires, closest first:

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