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Viborg, South Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Viborg City. It lies in ZIP code area 57070. The Survey maps it on the Viborg quadrangle. 814 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,306 feet above sea level.

Viborg within Turner County

On record in Viborg

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Viborg grew from 782 to 814 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010782
2020814+32 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Viborg between 1999 and 2013, burning about 230 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBREEZY CORN
30 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreViborg Volunteer Fire DepartmentLEFTY JORGENSEN
20 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreViborg Volunteer Fire DepartmentRICHARD OLSON
3 June 2003Other causes2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
15 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresTurner CountyJACOBSEN WALK ABOUT
14 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPIT FIRE
7 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
5 April 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Turner County

Storms near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Viborg in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 18 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003Tornado (F1)Viborg$1,000,000A tornado destroyed small farm buildings, tore the roof off a barn, blew down trees, severely damaged at least two houses in Viborg, destroyed two garages, and damaged other structures including homes and a large propane tank.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindViborg$10,000A grain bin was knocked off base and flipped over. Property damage costs are rough estimates.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindViborg$1,000Several larger tree branches were taken down. Property damage costs are rough estimates.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindViborg$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew a golf cart across a parting lot, damaging the cart.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindViborg$500no account filed
June 2024FloodViborg-Turkey Ridge Creek near Centerville rose above flood stage the morning of June 21st, cresting around 4.96 feet above flood stage (1211.96 feet) on June 22nd. Stream levels reaching the sensor elevation may have impacted the true crest value. This crest is in the Major Stage. The creek then fell below flood stage on the afternoon of June 26th. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Turner County.
June 2020HailViborg-Strong winds up to 50 mph created considerable wind driven hail. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindViborg-Tree branches downed along with the occurrence of nickel size hail.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindViborg-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 3 inch diameter branches blown down.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Viborg-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
May 2005HailViborg-Large hail accumulated one to two inches.
July 2004Tornado (F0)Viborg-A brief tornado in an open field caused no reported damage.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Viborg-A weak tornado which formed on the edge of Viborg dissipated over farmland northwest of the town.
July 2023HailViborg-no account filed
July 2023HailViborg-no account filed
May 2015HailViborg-no account filed
August 2013HailViborg-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindViborg-no account filed
June 2005HailViborg-no account filed
May 2005HailViborg-no account filed
May 2005HailViborg-no account filed
May 2005HailViborg-no account filed
May 2005HailViborg-no account filed
August 2005HailViborg-no account filed
May 2004HailViborg-no account filed
May 2004HailViborg-no account filed
May 2004HailViborg-no account filed
May 2004HailViborg-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindViborg-no account filed
June 2000HailViborg-no account filed
May 1999HailViborg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Turner County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hooker3.6 miles11
Centerville7.3 miles10
Davis7.5 miles10
Hurley7.8 miles11
Cameron Colony9.7 miles11
Spring Valley10.2 miles11
Turkey Ridge11.7 miles11
Chancellor14.8 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ViborgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2536194The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265707. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.