LawnByCounty

South Dakota Lawn Care Guide

Lawn care guide for 66 counties · Average LDS: 29/100

USDA SSURGO / PHZM

South Dakota covers USDA hardiness zones 4–5, with lawn difficulty averaging 29/100 across 66 counties. Blue Grama is the most widely recommended grass in the state.

County grass atlas

South Dakota grass suitability by county

A compact 2.5D surface of per-species lawn suitability. Toggle Tall Fescue, Kentucky Bluegrass, Bermudagrass, and Zoysiagrass to see which counties best fit each grass — brighter = better fit.

Counties

66/66

Avg best fit

93%

Species

4

Counties by Lawn Difficulty

CountyLDSZone
Union County195a
Deuel County224b
Day County234b
Marshall County234a
Roberts County234b
Brookings County244b
Grant County244b
Hamlin County244b
Kingsbury County244b
Miner County245a
Minnehaha County245a
Spink County244b
Brown County254a
Clark County254b
Codington County254b
Edmunds County264b
Faulk County264b
Hand County264b
Jerauld County265a
Lawrence County265a
McCook County265a
McPherson County264b
Moody County264b
Turner County265a
Beadle County274b
Hyde County274b
Lake County274b
Lincoln County275a
Potter County274b
Sanborn County275a
Aurora County285a
Clay County285a
Hanson County285a
Yankton County285a
Bon Homme County295a
Buffalo County294b
Sully County294b
Bennett County305a
Hutchinson County305a
Pennington County305a
Todd County305a
Douglas County315a
Jones County315a
Brule County325a
Campbell County324b
Davison County325a
Gregory County325a
Mellette County325a
Walworth County324b
Butte County334b
Charles Mix County335a
Corson County334b
Dewey County334b
Harding County334b
Perkins County334b
Tripp County335a
Ziebach County334b
Lyman County345a
Haakon County354b
Hughes County354b
Stanley County354b
Custer County365a
Meade County365a
Jackson County385a
Oglala Lakota County385a
Fall River County425a