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2025 County Report

Fires in Edmunds County, SD

In 2025, fire departments serving Edmunds County responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $50K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

2,953 residents FIPS 46045 12 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
15
93 across 5 years
Building fires
2
4 wildland
Property loss
$100K
$50K structure · $50K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Fire, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.

15
Total Incidents
Fire, other 3 20.0%
Building fires 2 13.3%
Grass fire 2 13.3%
Cultivated vegetation, crop fire, other 2 13.3%
Trash or rubbish fire, contained 1 6.7%
All other categories 5 33.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Edmunds County?

Mar peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 1
Mar 6
Apr 0
May 5
Jun 1
Jul 0
Aug 1
Sep 1
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Edmunds County

93 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 37
2022 12
2023 10
2024 19
2025 15
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 2 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
50%
4
Cause undetermined
38%
3
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
12%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $50K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Edmunds County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $50,000 Bowdle Building fires Significant
06 How Edmunds County compares

Edmunds County vs SD vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

5.08
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Edmunds County
5.08
SD avg
5.75
US avg
7.15
0.68
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Edmunds County
0.68
SD avg
0.72
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Edmunds County
0
SD avg
7.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Edmunds County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 46045.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Edmunds County

4 departments report from this county.

Ipswich
Ipswich
FDID 26003 13 incidents 24 vol
Roscoe
Roscoe
FDID 26004 3 incidents 25 vol
Bowdle
Bowdle
FDID 26002 1 incidents 29 vol
Hosmer
Hosmer
FDID 26001 0 incidents 25 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in SD

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Jasper 2000 NPS 82,295
2 Cottonwood CA 2016 USFS 41,370
3 Power Dam Road 2024 BIA 15,319
4 INDIAN CANYON 2016 USFS 14,297
5 Casino 2022 BIA 12,636
6 Myrtle 2012 NPS 9,944
7 Turkey Day 2022 BIA 5,945
8 Cold Brook WF 2015 NPS 5,444
9 SHIRTTAIL 1991 NPS 3,750
10 BENT RIM 2020 BIA 3,625

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.