South Dakota Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated South Dakota death and obituary data across supported counties. ObituaryMonitor detects newly published death information from funeral homes and obituary sources and makes eligible records available through API, CSV, and the County Feed portal.

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South Dakota Death & Obituary Data

Aggregate metrics from ObituaryMonitor's eligible County Feed notice universe — not official vital statistics.

135

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

628

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

68

Active sources monitored (30 days)

40

Counties with recent activity

32 minutes ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 32 minutes ago

South Dakota Death Data by County

40 counties with recent activity

Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across supported counties. Search the coverage table below to see where eligible County Feed records have been detected during the last 30 days.

County30-day recordsSourcesLatest activityStatus
Hand County661YesterdayActive
Deuel County433TodayActive
Walworth County433TodayActive
Pennington County413TodayActive
Minnehaha County355TodayActive
Brookings County306TodayActive
Custer County282YesterdayActive
Brown County263YesterdayActive
Bon Homme County233TodayActive
Meade County2113 days agoActive
Oglala Lakota County2114 days agoActive
Codington County161TodayActive
Hamlin County161YesterdayActive
Kingsbury County161TodayActive
Yankton County161TodayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across South Dakota

Counts of death and obituary records detected by ObituaryMonitor — not official state mortality totals.

Last 7 days

135

Previous 7 days: 122 · +11% vs prior period

Last 30 days

628

Compared with the prior 30-day window when available.

These figures represent records detected by ObituaryMonitor and should not be interpreted as official state mortality statistics.

What South Dakota Death & Obituary Records Can Include

Field availability across recent eligible South Dakota County Feed records (trailing 30 days).

Name

100%

of recent South Dakota records

Date of death

100%

of recent South Dakota records

City / location

100%

of recent South Dakota records

County

100%

of recent South Dakota records

Source URL

100%

of recent South Dakota records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent South Dakota records

Captured text excerpt

99.4%

of recent South Dakota records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects South Dakota Death & Obituary Data

Cities with recent eligible activity (not a complete list of every community).

Saint Lawrence66Mobridge43Rapid City35Custer28Aberdeen23Toronto23Colton22Elkton22Pine Ridge21Sturgis21Clear Lake20Arlington16

South Dakota Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across South Dakota to detect newly published death and obituary information. Eligible records become available through County Feed. Listing a source here does not imply a partnership.

Browse South Dakota Funeral Homes →

How South Dakota County Feed Works

  1. ObituaryMonitor monitors thousands of obituary and funeral-home sources.
  2. New death records are detected and normalized.
  3. Geographic information is assigned where supported.
  4. Eligible South Dakota records become available through County Feed.
  5. Customers receive new records through API, CSV, or portal delivery.

Data is continuously collected from monitored sources — not sold as a static list.

Access South Dakota Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible South Dakota death and obituary records programmatically in JSON.

Explore the County Feed API →

CSV

Download or export records for operational workflows and CRM import.

Web Portal

Review and filter new South Dakota records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses South Dakota Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected South Dakota counties for potential probate or inherited-property research.

Probate & Legal Services

Identify recent deaths within geographic service areas and support downstream estate workflows.

Financial Institutions

Use death signals as an additional input in deceased-customer and risk-monitoring processes. Financial institutions monitoring

Data & Software Companies

Integrate normalized death and obituary data into software products and operational systems.

Research / Operations

Monitor county-level death events without manually checking individual obituary websites.

Example South Dakota Death Data API Record

Illustrative sample record — not an actual person.

{
  "id": "fh-sample",
  "full_name": "Sample Person",
  "first_name": "Sample",
  "last_name": "Person",
  "date_of_death": "2026-08-08",
  "state": "SD",
  "county": "Minnehaha",
  "county_slug": "minnehaha-county-sd",
  "city": "Sioux Falls",
  "source_type": "funeral_home",
  "obituary_url": "https://example.com/sample",
  "funeral_home_name": "Example Funeral Home",
  "indexed_at": "2026-08-08T14:22:00.000Z",
  "survivors_status": "ok"
}

This example shows the structure of an eligible County Feed record. Field names follow the public County Feed API notice schema. Internal-only fields are omitted.

South Dakota Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring South Dakota Death Data

Choose the South Dakota counties that matter to your organization and receive newly detected records through API, CSV, or the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Also see the national County Feed product page and Browse South Dakota Funeral Homes.