How many public crossings does South Dakota Railroad Authority report in South Dakota?

The FRA inventory of 22 October 2026 lists 117 public railroad crossings in South Dakota with South Dakota Railroad Authority as the reporting railroad.

Public crossings: 117
Public crossings with identified warning devices: 14
Public crossings reported with gates: 0%
Most trains a day reported: 0
Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016: 0
Gate share compared with the state: 7 percentage points lower

Where are these public crossings?

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Gates are reported at 0% of these crossings.

Gates00%
Flashing lights without reported gates00%
Signs without reported gates or lights1412%
Other or not reported10388%

Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.

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.

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Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates