South Dakota Waterfowl Production Areas: WPA Maps & Hunting

Map of South Dakota WPAs

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About South Dakota's Waterfowl Production Areas

Waterfowl Production Areas are federally owned wetlands and grasslands bought mostly with Federal Duck Stamp revenue and managed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wetland management districts. Unlike most National Wildlife Refuges, WPAs are generally open to hunting, fishing and trapping under South Dakota state regulations, with a few federal rules on top — walk-in access only, no camping and, in many districts, nontoxic shot for all shotgun hunting. Land next to a WPA is almost always private, and conservation easements are private land too.

In South Dakota, WPAs are managed by 5 offices: Madison Wetland Management District (247 WPAs), Waubay Wetland Management District (194 WPAs), Sand Lake Wetland Management District (157 WPAs), Huron Wetland Management District (60 WPAs), Lake Andes Wetland Management District (59 WPAs).

WPA acres by county

20,990 ac

11,264 ac

9,239 ac

7,772 ac

7,316 ac

7,280 ac

6,639 ac

6,282 ac

6,148 ac

6,068 ac

5,777 ac

4,907 ac

4,812 ac

4,797 ac

4,686 ac

Largest WPAs in South Dakota

WPA	County	Acres	Nearest town
Perch Lake WPA	McPherson County	2,039	36 mi W of Aberdeen
O'Farrell WPA	Grant County	1,673	24 mi N of Watertown
Broken Arrow WPA	Douglas County	1,657	23 mi N of Lake Andes
Dry Lake WPA	Clark County	1,489	27 mi SW of Watertown
Maga-Ta-Hopi WPA	Beadle County	1,455	9.1 mi W of Huron
Dry Lake WPA	Brookings County	1,443	13 mi W of Brookings
Harter WPA	Hyde County	1,417	41 mi E of Pierre
Meyer Lake WPA	Grant County	1,315	22 mi NE of Watertown
Cottonwood Lake WPA	Marshall County	1,278	54 mi SW of Wahpeton
Adam-Giener WPA	McPherson County	1,187	38 mi W of Aberdeen

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Aurora County 16 WPAs · 4,907 acres

Althen WPA 149 ac
Crystal Lake WPA 801 ac
Foster WPA 158 ac
Humphrey WPA 678 ac
Koch WPA 99 ac
Krell WPA 161 ac
Lutz WPA 161 ac
Maine WPA 811 ac
Miller WPA 59 ac
Nielsen WPA 482 ac
Overweg WPA 137 ac
Schute WPA 152 ac
Scott WPA 182 ac
Sorenson WPA 587 ac
Stanley WPA 259 ac
White Lake WPA 30 ac

Beadle County 26 WPAs · 7,772 acres

Andressen WPA 162 ac
Bauer WPA 795 ac
Boomsma WPA 118 ac
Cain Creek WPA 242 ac
Clouser WPA 346 ac
Glanzer WPA 190 ac
Ingle WPA 618 ac
Kahre WPA 141 ac
Kleinsasser WPA 323 ac
LeClaire WPA 522 ac
Maga-Ta-Hopi WPA 1,455 ac
Marshall WPA 65 ac
Moser WPA 72 ac
Mud Lake WPA 118 ac
Quiram WPA 33 ac
Reed WPA 51 ac
Rogers WPA 364 ac
Ruppel WPA 58 ac
Schull WPA 325 ac
Shoemaker WPA 119 ac
South Weaver WPA 142 ac
Thesenvitz WPA 164 ac
Weaver WPA 646 ac
Weiting WPA 372 ac
Wipf WPA 169 ac
Yauney WPA 161 ac

Bon Homme County 5 WPAs · 1,165 acres

Bucholz WPA 253 ac
Cosby WPA 158 ac
Hieb WPA 240 ac
Schaefer WPA 149 ac
Scheffel WPA 365 ac

Brookings County 26 WPAs · 6,639 acres

Bjornlie WPA 540 ac
Bolstad WPA 40 ac
Brookings WPA 359 ac
Brush Lake WPA 686 ac
Cotton WPA 76 ac
Dry Lake WPA 1,443 ac
Eriksrud WPA 175 ac
Errington WPA 568 ac
Gerdink WPA 237 ac
Goodfellow WPA 238 ac
Henrikson WPA 133 ac
Holm WPA 80 ac
Johnson WPA 104 ac
Kangas WPA 68 ac
Kasperson WPA 206 ac
Kenneth Nelson WPA 143 ac
Kneip WPA 74 ac
Larsen WPA 327 ac
Lund WPA 166 ac
Matson WPA 172 ac
Nelson WPA 191 ac
Olson WPA 14 ac
Pittenger WPA 156 ac
Rottum WPA 83 ac
Wenk WPA 310 ac
Ziegler WPA 50 ac

Brown County 22 WPAs · 4,686 acres

Braun WPA 100 ac
Dennert WPA 50 ac
Engle Dam WPA 145 ac
Evelo WPA 90 ac
Fuhrman WPA 263 ac
Hayes WPA 319 ac
Hecla WPA 1,110 ac
Heis WPA 33 ac
Horn WPA 240 ac
Kalt WPA 122 ac
Krause WPA 35 ac
Lord Lake WPA 440 ac
Luoma WPA 80 ac
Mardian WPA 145 ac
Maunu WPA 135 ac
North Sand Lake WPA 158 ac
Proud WPA 319 ac
Ristau WPA 243 ac
Ryman WPA 267 ac
Swanson WPA 151 ac
Thorpe WPA 161 ac
Wanttie WPA 78 ac

Brule County 3 WPAs · 1,063 acres

Koss WPA 730 ac
Pipal WPA 156 ac
Stanek WPA 177 ac

Buffalo County 1 WPAs · 919 acres

Mills WPA 919 ac

Campbell County 13 WPAs · 2,171 acres

Beck WPA 58 ac
Berndt WPA 48 ac
BLM 1a WPA 40 ac
BLM 1b WPA 163 ac
Cooper WPA 614 ac
Eberhart WPA 70 ac
Fischer WPA 482 ac
Goehring WPA 73 ac
Goetz WPA 162 ac
Helm WPA 159 ac
Schlomer WPA 101 ac
Sieler WPA 72 ac
Thullner WPA 130 ac

Charles Mix County 20 WPAs · 4,289 acres

Broken Arrow WPA 948 ac
Fousek WPA 209 ac
Fuchs WPA 64 ac
Green WPA 219 ac
Hubers WPA 266 ac
John Eldridge WPA 150 ac
Juran WPA 113 ac
Kafka WPA 325 ac
Koupal WPA 159 ac
North Unit WPA 23 ac
Novotny WPA 61 ac
Putnam WPA 160 ac
Raysby WPA 246 ac
Sherman WPA 283 ac
Soulek WPA 88 ac
Trout WPA 200 ac
Tucek WPA 107 ac
Vanderpol WPA 56 ac
Varilek WPA 320 ac
Youngstrom WPA 290 ac

Clark County 28 WPAs · 6,068 acres

Clay County 1 WPAs · 40 acres

Anderson WPA 40 ac

Codington County 27 WPAs · 6,148 acres

Davison County 4 WPAs · 229 acres

Day County 49 WPAs · 7,316 acres

Deuel County 22 WPAs · 2,771 acres

Douglas County 16 WPAs · 4,797 acres

Broken Arrow WPA 1,657 ac
Coler WPA 228 ac
DeCook WPA 522 ac
DeLange WPA 38 ac
Denning WPA 155 ac
DeVelder WPA 229 ac
Dubes WPA 81 ac
Huizenga WPA 79 ac
King WPA 171 ac
Korevaar WPA 29 ac
Kuil WPA 89 ac
New Holland WPA 575 ac
Plooster WPA 372 ac
Somek WPA 165 ac
Star WPA 320 ac
Van Zee WPA 86 ac

Edmunds County 37 WPAs · 9,239 acres

Faulk County 10 WPAs · 2,767 acres

Grant County 25 WPAs · 5,777 acres

Anderson WPA 65 ac
Antroinen WPA 39 ac
Berger WPA 209 ac
Bork WPA 109 ac
Broich WPA 80 ac
Bunde WPA 218 ac
Case-Anderson WPA 228 ac
Cronen WPA 133 ac
Garvey WPA 105 ac
Green WPA 101 ac
Jensen WPA 72 ac
Keeney WPA 34 ac
Larson WPA 129 ac
Loehrer WPA 48 ac
Meyer Lake WPA 1,315 ac
Meyer-Janssen WPA 269 ac
Miller WPA 108 ac
Nelson WPA 34 ac
O'Farrell WPA 1,673 ac
Peterson-Solem WPA 157 ac
Pew WPA 22 ac
Price-Kaufman WPA 342 ac
Skoog WPA 46 ac
Streich WPA 79 ac
Van Hout WPA 161 ac

Hamlin County 20 WPAs · 3,423 acres

Hand County 16 WPAs · 3,984 acres

Hanson County 5 WPAs · 888 acres

Boggs WPA 475 ac
Delger WPA 81 ac
Kayser WPA 22 ac
Schneider WPA 127 ac
Welker WPA 183 ac

Hughes County 2 WPAs · 456 acres

Hyde WPA 320 ac
Robbins WPA 136 ac

Hutchinson County 5 WPAs · 784 acres

Henke WPA 150 ac
Hohn WPA 161 ac
Mayer WPA 158 ac
Roth WPA 249 ac
Ziebart WPA 67 ac

Hyde County 2 WPAs · 2,384 acres

Cowan WPA 967 ac
Harter WPA 1,417 ac

Jerauld County 9 WPAs · 1,790 acres

Brandenburg WPA 40 ac
Freudenburg WPA 73 ac
Hoarty WPA 13 ac
Jackson WPA 958 ac
Kraft WPA 52 ac
Linn WPA 166 ac
Long Lake WPA 99 ac
Winter WPA 240 ac
Zink WPA 150 ac

Kingsbury County 34 WPAs · 7,280 acres

Albrecht WPA 254 ac
Apland WPA 111 ac
Bennett WPA 21 ac
Brunick WPA 322 ac
C.E. Anderson WPA 22 ac
Duffy WPA 86 ac
Easland WPA 241 ac
Graham WPA 105 ac
Halverson WPA 456 ac
Hodges WPA 233 ac
Hojrup WPA 114 ac
Holland WPA 532 ac
Hoyer WPA 160 ac
Isaacson WPA 119 ac
Jensen WPA 137 ac
Johnson WPA 265 ac
Kapelle WPA 106 ac
Kattke WPA 207 ac
Kirby WPA 231 ac
Kopperud WPA 130 ac
Loriks WPA 134 ac
Muser WPA 224 ac
Neu WPA 156 ac
Noyes WPA 182 ac
Pickering WPA 364 ac
Plum Lake WPA 272 ac
R.S. Anderson WPA 220 ac
Ratfield WPA 441 ac
Schultz WPA 149 ac
Shutler WPA 226 ac
Silver Lake WPA 593 ac
Sterr WPA 173 ac
Warne WPA 54 ac
Williams WPA 241 ac

Lake County 37 WPAs · 6,282 acres

Adamson WPA 41 ac
Alquire WPA 424 ac
Bickett WPA 43 ac
Buseman WPA 22 ac
Cassutt WPA 60 ac
Childrens WPA 173 ac
Crandall WPA 140 ac
DeBoer WPA 33 ac
Demeray WPA 76 ac
Fischer WPA 195 ac
Gelderman WPA 74 ac
Gerry WPA 161 ac
Glatz WPA 59 ac
Habeger WPA 160 ac
Hankins WPA 160 ac
Hansen WPA 446 ac
Hart WPA 138 ac
Kattke WPA 331 ac
Krug WPA 97 ac
Lake Henry WPA 639 ac
Lentsch WPA 71 ac
Long Lake WPA 600 ac
Madison WPA 390 ac
Molskness WPA 60 ac
Murfield WPA 394 ac
Noordsy WPA 59 ac
Payne WPA 55 ac
Pearson WPA 165 ac
Pekarek WPA 285 ac
Pulford WPA 33 ac
Ramsey WPA 178 ac
Ravenberg WPA 100 ac
Regan WPA 114 ac
Taylor WPA 17 ac
VanHove WPA 69 ac
Wobig WPA 119 ac
Wolf WPA 100 ac

Lincoln County 2 WPAs · 179 acres

Atkins WPA 162 ac
Freese WPA 17 ac

Marshall County 36 WPAs · 11,264 acres

McCook County 27 WPAs · 3,369 acres

Anderson WPA 20 ac
Bank WPA 82 ac
DeNeui WPA 157 ac
Garrett WPA 79 ac
Gottlob WPA 96 ac
Hamaker WPA 116 ac
Hamilton WPA 50 ac
Heckenliable WPA 76 ac
Herting WPA 60 ac
Holm WPA 109 ac
Huls WPA 103 ac
Hyde WPA 321 ac
Island Lake WPA 160 ac
Janssen WPA 239 ac
Kappenman WPA 26 ac
Krier WPA 86 ac
Lions Lake WPA 184 ac
Lounsbery WPA 114 ac
Lukes WPA 277 ac
MacKenzie WPA 164 ac
Melbrech WPA 41 ac
Morris WPA 44 ac
Reif WPA 162 ac
Sabers WPA 211 ac
Schimmel WPA 99 ac
Schuldt WPA 234 ac
Urell WPA 60 ac

McPherson County 61 WPAs · 20,990 acres

Miner County 18 WPAs · 1,810 acres

Minnehaha County 22 WPAs · 4,671 acres

Moody County 15 WPAs · 3,173 acres

Anderson WPA 437 ac
Benson WPA 312 ac
Bothwell WPA 387 ac
Dobbs WPA 144 ac
Heinricy WPA 49 ac
Jensen WPA 56 ac
Kleinsasser WPA 274 ac
Lee WPA 278 ac
Long WPA 308 ac
Myers WPA 41 ac
Petsch WPA 157 ac
Pettigrew WPA 206 ac
Reaves WPA 346 ac
Thompson WPA 79 ac
Thornber WPA 99 ac

Potter County 2 WPAs · 654 acres

Koehn WPA 49 ac
Penrod Hotmon WPA 605 ac

Roberts County 31 WPAs · 4,812 acres

Arndt WPA 50 ac
Berwald WPA 558 ac
Bostrom-Knebel WPA 111 ac
Broz WPA 130 ac
Cameron WPA 112 ac
Carl WPA 76 ac
Danielson WPA 290 ac
Eggen E WPA 119 ac
Eickman WPA 78 ac
Eneboe WPA 35 ac
Gleason WPA 43 ac
Hamm WPA 174 ac
Harsted-Elton WPA 45 ac
Johnson WPA 79 ac
Kastner WPA 89 ac
Kutter-Bredvik WPA 144 ac
Kutter-Henke WPA 126 ac
Lake Emma WPA 426 ac
Loberg WPA 483 ac
Meyer WPA 40 ac
Minder WPA 102 ac
Navratil WPA 120 ac
Pearson WPA 74 ac
Pederson WPA 61 ac
Remund WPA 69 ac
Rolstad WPA 130 ac
Stavig WPA 31 ac
Stowe WPA 157 ac
W Eggen WPA 41 ac
Week WPA 156 ac
Wike WPA 661 ac

Sanborn County 1 WPAs · 52 acres

Johnson WPA 52 ac

Spink County 10 WPAs · 2,419 acres

Sully County 1 WPAs · 266 acres

Ficher-Nelson WPA 266 ac

Turner County 3 WPAs · 993 acres

Miller WPA 500 ac
Peterson WPA 151 ac
Plucker WPA 342 ac

Union County 1 WPAs · 96 acres

Collar WPA 96 ac

Walworth County 3 WPAs · 1,580 acres

Yankton County 3 WPAs · 298 acres

Diede WPA 23 ac
Edelman WPA 185 ac
Hansen WPA 90 ac