The Custer County Weed & Pest Board and Custer County Weed & Pest Department are committed to the implementation of an effective integrated Weed & Pest Management Program.
Our goal is to control and monitor local and state noxious weeds and declared pests within Custer County. Custer County Weed and Pest Department is overseen by the County Weed Board which meets at least four times per year. The Director informs the Weed Board on activities of the Weed Department.
* Notice of landowner responsibility to control noxious weeds and declared pests
Contact: Mike Baldwin – [email protected]
Mail: 25363 US Highway 385, Custer, SD 57730 Phone: (605) 673-5680 Hours: Monday – Thursday 6:00 AM – 4:30 PM
State Declared Noxious Weeds
- Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) SD Distribution map
- Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) SD Distribution map
- Perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) SD Distribution map
- Hoary cress (Cardaria draba) SD Distribution map
- Absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) SD Distribution map
- Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) SD Distribution map
- Salt cedar (Tamarix aphylla, T. chinensis, T. gallica, T. parviflora and T. ramosissima) SD Distribution map
State Declared Pests
- Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)
Custer County Declared Noxious Weeds
- Black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) SD Distribution map
- Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) SD Distribution map
- Spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) SD Distribution map
- St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) SD Distribution map
- White horehound (Marrubium vulgare) SD Distribution map
- Yellow toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) SD Distribution Map
Other noxious weeds in South Dakota to watch for…
- Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) SD Distribution map
- Chicory (Cichorium intybus) SD Distribution map
- Common burdock (Arctium minus) SD Distribution map
- Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) SD Distribution map
- Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) SD Distribution Map
- Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) SD Distribution Map
- Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) SD Distribution map
- Giant knotweed (Polygonum sachalinense) SD Distribution Map
- Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale) SD Distribution Map
- Musk thistle (Carduus nutans) SD Distribution map
- Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) SD Distribution Map
- Phragmites (Phragmites australis) SD Distribution Map
- Plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides) SD Distribution map
- Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) SD Distribution map
- Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris) SD Distribution map
- Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium) SD Distribution map
- Sulfur cinquefoil (Potentilla) SD Distribution map
Other Pests in South Dakota
- Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonum ponderosae)
Prairie Dog Complaints
- Prairie dogs encroaching onto private land from public land: a request for the SD Game & Fish Department to treat the problem can be filed here.
- Prairie dogs encroaching onto private land from private – complete and follow directions on linked form.
- NOTE: Before the County Weed & Pest Board can take action, prairie dogs must be “… colonizing on lands where the prairie dogs are unwanted by the owner of the impacted land” (SDCL 38-22-1.2).
Board meeting agendas and minutes
Helpful Links
SD Private Applicator License:
- Obtain or renew a license click here
SD Commercial Applicator License:
- Recertify or update your license click here
- New license – contact the Rapid City SDSU Extension office (605-394-1722) to schedule an appointment
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