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The Turner Township handbook

Living in Turner Township, SD: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in most of Turner Township comes from Tm Rural Water District, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb. Bluepeak and Fort Randall Telephone Company wire most of Turner Township, and 98% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Turner Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Turner Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy (Northern States Power Co. (Minnesota)), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Turner Township. Its homes paid an average of 13.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $101 a month (its average across South Dakota).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Tm Rural Water District

Tm Rural Water District supplies Turner Township: about 88% of residents live in its service area. South Lincoln Rural Water System serves another 13%. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Parker and By Water District as sellers) and serves 4,250 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 57% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. SD4600999.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Turner Township

98% of 100 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
BluepeakFixed wireless, Fiber79%5,000/5,000
Fort Randall Telephone CompanyFiber60%1,000/1,000
T-MobileFixed wireless11%25/3
AT&TFixed wireless2%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Turner Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Turner Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Turner Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Turner Township kids go to
PK–83 schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Turner Township (73%) is in Centerville School District 60-1; parts are in Viborg Hurley School District 60-6 (26%).

Test scores and every school: see Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Turner Township spans 4 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Turner Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Turner TownshipZIP’s residents in Turner Township
57014Centerville, SD53%7%
57070Viborg, SD22%3%
57021Davis, SD21%19%
57036Hurley, SD4%1%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Turner Township

Who supplies Turner Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Tm Rural Water District (EPA ID SD4600999). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Turner Township?

Xcel Energy (Northern States Power Co. (Minnesota)), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Turner Township?

Bluepeak, Fort Randall Telephone Company, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Turner Township?

57014 (53%), 57070 (22%), 57021 (21%), 57036 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Turner Township in?

Centerville School District 60-1. Parts of the city are in Viborg Hurley School District 60-6.

How do I register to vote in Turner Township?

South Dakota has no online registration; you can register in person until 15 days before Election Day or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Turner County Auditor. Check your registration at vip.sdsos.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.