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2025 County Report

Fires in Turner County, SD

In 2025, fire departments serving Turner County responded to 37 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $12K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

5,360 residents FIPS 46125 15 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
37
362 across 5 years
Building fires
5
6 wildland
Property loss
$18K
$17K structure · $1K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 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 46% of all calls.

37
Total Incidents
Building fires 5 13.5%
Fire, other 4 10.8%
Passenger vehicle fire 4 10.8%
Trash or rubbish fire, contained 2 5.4%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 2 5.4%
All other categories 20 54.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Turner County?

Mar peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 5
Feb 3
Mar 6
Apr 5
May 4
Jun 1
Jul 4
Aug 2
Sep 3
Oct 4
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Turner County

362 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 104
2022 118
2023 56
2024 47
2025 37
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 5 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
43%
6
Cause undetermined
29%
4
Intentional / arson
7%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
21%
3
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $17K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Turner County during 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $12,000 Irene Passenger vehicle fire Significant
2 $5,000 Hurley Building fires Significant
06 How Turner County compares

Turner County vs SD vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

6.9
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Turner County
6.9
SD avg
5.75
US avg
7.15
0.93
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Turner County
0.93
SD avg
0.72
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Turner County
0
SD avg
7.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Turner County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 46125.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Turner County

8 departments report from this county.

Parker
Parker
FDID 61007 16 incidents 28 vol
Chancellor
Chancellor
FDID 61002 7 incidents 28 vol
Monroe
Monroe
FDID 61006 5 incidents 15 vol
Viborg
Viborg
FDID 61008 5 incidents 35 vol
Marion
Marion
FDID 61005 1 incidents 30 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.