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2025 County Report

Fires in Moody County, SD

In 2025, fire departments serving Moody County responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $100K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

3,679 residents FIPS 46101 7 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
19
112 across 5 years
Building fires
7
7 wildland
Property loss
$133K
$120K structure · $13K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 1 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 84% of all calls.

19
Total Incidents
Building fires 7 36.8%
Grass fire 5 26.3%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 2 10.5%
Fire, other 1 5.3%
Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle 1 5.3%
All other categories 3 15.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Moody County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 2
Feb 3
Mar 5
Apr 3
May 2
Jun 0
Jul 1
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 1
Nov 2
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Moody County

112 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 24
2022 29
2023 23
2024 17
2025 19
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 7 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
75%
3
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
25%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

3 fires · $120K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Moody County during 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $100,000 Flandreau Building fires Significant
2 $10,000 Trent Building fires Significant
3 $10,000 Colman Building fires Significant
06 How Moody County compares

Moody County vs SD vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

5.16
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Moody County
5.16
SD avg
5.75
US avg
7.15
1.9
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Moody County
1.9
SD avg
0.72
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Moody County
0
SD avg
7.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Moody County

7 cities mapped to FIPS 46101.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Moody County

4 departments report from this county.

Colman
Colman
FDID 52003 10 incidents 25 vol
Trent
Trent
FDID 52004 9 incidents 30 vol
Flandreau
Flandreau
FDID 52001 0 incidents 27 vol
Egan
Egan
FDID 52002 0 incidents 17 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.