The Forest Service bases fire jobs in Custer County, on the Black Hills National Forest. Since 2016, 4 job ads named Custer County. 0 needed no experience.
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jobs open today. Custer County's job ads usually open in January, April, and August.
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no-experience job ads in a typical year
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fires started within 50 miles since July 2026. 30 stayed under 10 acres.
No job ad names Custer County right now. Federal fire jobs post in waves, mostly in the fall and winter. See all open jobs in South Dakota.
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No-experience job ads by fire season (the summer you'd work):
'27 is next summer. Its jobs are still being posted, so that bar is not final.
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Counts come from federal job ads on USAJOBS since 2016. One ad can cover many towns, so this counts ads, not people hired.
The Forest Service office list shows no building in Custer County. Other agencies post fire jobs too, and some crews work from a base that is not on that list.
40 fires started within 50 miles since July 18, 2026, when our fire records begin. Most were small: 30 of the 40 stayed under 10 acres. An acre is about the size of a football field. These are the 8 biggest.
The distance is from Custer County to the point where each fire was first reported. Fire data comes from the government's national fire list.
The same forest hires in these towns. The number is how many job ads named the town since 2016. See the whole forest.
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