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.
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
- Daneville Township Bridge No. E-26listed 1999
- Glud Theatrelisted 2007
- Spring Valley Township Bridge No. E-31listed 1999
- Stidworthy-Kemper Houselisted 2022
Population over time
2 figuresViborg 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 782 | |
| 2020 | 814 | +32 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1898 USGS Parker quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Viborg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1999Regional 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BREEZY CORN |
| 30 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Viborg Volunteer Fire Department | LEFTY JORGENSEN |
| 20 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Viborg Volunteer Fire Department | RICHARD OLSON |
| 3 June 2003 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 15 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Turner County | JACOBSEN WALK ABOUT |
| 14 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | PIT FIRE |
| 7 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Viborg | $1,000,000 | A 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viborg | $10,000 | A grain bin was knocked off base and flipped over. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viborg | $1,000 | Several larger tree branches were taken down. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viborg | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a golf cart across a parting lot, damaging the cart. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viborg | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flood | Viborg | - | 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 2020 | Hail | Viborg | - | 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viborg | - | Tree branches downed along with the occurrence of nickel size hail. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viborg | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 3 inch diameter branches blown down. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Viborg | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Viborg | - | Large hail accumulated one to two inches. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Viborg | - | A brief tornado in an open field caused no reported damage. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Viborg | - | A weak tornado which formed on the edge of Viborg dissipated over farmland northwest of the town. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Viborg | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hooker | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Centerville | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Davis | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hurley | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cameron Colony | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Valley | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Turkey Ridge | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Chancellor | 14.8 miles | 10 |
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 Viborg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2536194 | The 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.




