How many railroad crossings are in Watertown, South Dakota?
The FRA inventory of lists 26 public railroad crossings in Watertown, South Dakota.
- Public crossings
- 26
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 25
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 12%
- Most trains a day reported
- 2
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 4
- Gate share compared with the state
- 4 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
Gates are reported at 12% of these crossings.
- Gates312%
- Flashing lights without reported gates415%
- Signs without reported gates or lights1869%
- Other or not reported14%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
Which crossings in Watertown, South Dakota have the most trains?
- The crossing on 163rd Street reports 2 trains a day.
- The crossing on 164th Street reports 2 trains a day.
- The crossing on 456th Avenue reports 2 trains a day.
- The crossing on 166th Street reports 2 trains a day.
- The crossing on 455th Avenue reports 2 trains a day.
They are on 163rd Street, 164th Street, 456th Avenue, 166th Street and 455th Avenue. None of the 26 public crossings in Watertown, South Dakota has a quiet-zone designation.
Incident counts cover January 2016 through 31 July 2026. They describe reported events, not a rating of crossings.
Traffic counts were collected at different times. Road count years appear with each record; train count years are not reported separately.
How many trains pass each crossing?
Public crossings are ordered by reported trains a day, from most to lowest.
- 163rd StreetWatertown18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 164th StreetWatertown984 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 456th AvenueWatertown18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 166th StreetWatertown80 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 455th AvenueWatertown1,094 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 167th StreetWatertown18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 38th Avenue NWWatertown18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 14th Avenue NWatertown4,868 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 10th Avenue NWatertown3,524 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 3rd Avenue NWatertown3,541 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Kemp AvenueWatertown4,249 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 4th Avenue SWatertown4,685 vehicles a day2020 road count
- US 212Watertown15,034 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Pelican Avenue SWatertown171 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 452nd AvenueWatertown18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 175th StreetWatertown18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 176th StreetWatertown18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Not On NstriWatertown1 vehicle a day2020 road count
- 178th StreetWatertown18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 446th AvenueWatertown179 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Grover StreetWatertown41 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 447th AvenueWatertown60 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 177th StreetWatertown135 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 448th AvenueWatertown18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 449th AvenueWatertown177 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 10th Street SWWatertown5,105 vehicles a day2020 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Watertown? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in South Dakota
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates