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Public Hunting Land in Brown County, SD

Brown County covers about 1,733 square miles and is home to roughly 38,301 people. It contains land from 2 National Wildlife Refuges or stations and 22 named Waterfowl Production Areas totaling 4,686 acres.

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22WPAs

4.7KWPA acres

2refuges & stations

3hunt units

Map of public land in Brown County

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Waterfowl Production Area (public)County lineRefuge / station Tip: switch to Satellite or USGS Topo in the layer menu · click the map for GPS coordinates

Waterfowl Production Areas in Brown County

Largest WPAs (acres)

1,110 ac

440 ac

319 ac

319 ac

267 ac

263 ac

243 ac

240 ac

161 ac

158 ac

151 ac

145 ac

WPA	Acres	Managed by	GPS
Hecla WPA	1,110	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.9185, -98.1084`
Lord Lake WPA	440	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.3695, -98.5931`
Proud WPA	319	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.5426, -98.4846`
Hayes WPA	319	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.8424, -98.0049`
Ryman WPA	267	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.3042, -98.5646`
Fuhrman WPA	263	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.2497, -98.5510`
Ristau WPA	243	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.3496, -98.6582`
Horn WPA	240	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.4205, -98.6243`
Thorpe WPA	161	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.9004, -98.0800`
North Sand Lake WPA	158	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.8916, -98.1931`
Swanson WPA	151	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.9326, -98.1497`
Mardian WPA	145	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.3114, -98.5522`
Engle Dam WPA	145	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.9150, -98.2750`
Maunu WPA	135	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.9043, -98.3457`
Kalt WPA	122	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.3264, -98.6717`
Braun WPA	100	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.3747, -98.5608`
Evelo WPA	90	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.3671, -98.5107`
Luoma WPA	80	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.9281, -98.3574`
Wanttie WPA	78	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.9246, -98.3677`
Dennert WPA	50	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.6597, -98.3076`
Krause WPA	35	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.2947, -98.5809`
Heis WPA	33	Sand Lake Wetland Management District	`45.8375, -98.3543`

Refuges & stations with land in Brown County

Sand Lake NWR

Brown County, SD

2 special1 closed

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19.5K huntable acres

Sand Lake WMD

Brown County, SD

1 open

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44.5K huntable acres

Hunt units in Brown County

Unit	Refuge	Status	Acres
Restricted A	Sand Lake NWR	Special regs	18,441
Restricted B	Sand Lake NWR	Special regs	1,105
Black Shaded	Sand Lake NWR	Closed	199

Neighboring counties with public land

Day County, SD 49 WPAs · 2 refuges
Dickey County, ND 43 WPAs · 2 refuges
Edmunds County, SD 37 WPAs · 1 refuges
Faulk County, SD 10 WPAs · 2 refuges
Marshall County, SD 36 WPAs · 1 refuges
McPherson County, SD 61 WPAs · 2 refuges
Sargent County, ND 18 WPAs · 2 refuges
Spink County, SD 10 WPAs · 1 refuges