Riverside Cemetery has had around 4,900 burials since it started. Over 2,000 of those have been done since 1978 when the current superintendent Jim Fahey took over.

 Riverside Cemetery has 35 acres that are maintained, of the 35 acres there are around 770 burial sites left or around 1 acre. In August of 2001 the City of Pierre purchased 52 additional acres, of that, 25 acres will be developed into burial sites and roads. This will give the cemetery an additional 12,400 burial sites. On average there are 40 to 50 burial sites sold per year. Adding all burial sites together and taking the average burial sites sold per year, Riverside Cemetery should last well over 100 years.

Most burial sites measure 5 feet by 10 feet or 5.5 feet by 11 feet. Infant burial sites measure 3 feet by 4 feet. The costs of a regular burial site is $200. Cost to open and close a burial site is $300. A disinterment costs $600.

There are no outside containers or vaults required at Riverside Cemetery.

Regular burials are done at about 6 feet deep and cremations are done at 30 inches deep. Opening and closing are done at about 3 feet deep for babies and most of those are done in Babyland at Riverside Cemetery. A burial site in Babyland cost $8 and the opening and closing charge is $75.

All tent set-ups, vaults, and lowering devices for the casket are hired by the funeral home and come from Mitchell, Aberdeen, or Blackhawk, SD.

There are two funeral homes in Pierre. The names of the funeral homes are Isburg Funeral Home on Main Street and Feigum- Van Lith Funeral Home on West Pleasant.     

All burial sites sold, deeds issued, billings, and record keeping are done at the cemetery office located at the cemetery.

The Superintendent of the Cemetery is Jim Fahey and he can be reached at 773-7446.