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South Dakota disaster history

County pages for South Dakota, ordered by declaration count and backed by the FEMA datasets described in the brief.

Declarations
1,235
County declaration rows
Counties affected
65
State pages with county rollups
Tracked FEMA aid
$451.6M
PA + assistance signals
Top incident
Severe Storm
Mar 13, 2026
County directory

Counties with the most declarations

These are the county pages most likely to match long-tail “county + disaster history” searches.

Turner County26 declarationsHanson County25 declarationsDay County24 declarationsDeuel County24 declarationsHutchinson County24 declarationsKingsbury County24 declarationsRoberts County24 declarationsAurora County23 declarationsCodington County23 declarationsSpink County23 declarationsClark County22 declarationsGrant County22 declarationsGregory County22 declarationsHamlin County22 declarationsJackson County22 declarationsSanborn County22 declarationsBrookings County21 declarationsBrule County21 declarationsButte County21 declarationsHand County21 declarationsJerauld County21 declarationsMcCook County21 declarationsMeade County21 declarationsMoody County21 declarationsPerkins County21 declarationsZiebach County21 declarationsBeadle County20 declarationsBuffalo County20 declarationsEdmunds County20 declarationsLake County20 declarationsMarshall County20 declarationsMiner County20 declarationsPennington County20 declarationsTripp County20 declarationsBrown County19 declarationsClay County19 declarationsUnion County19 declarationsDouglas County18 declarationsCharles Mix County17 declarationsFaulk County17 declarationsLawrence County17 declarationsLincoln County17 declarationsMcPherson County17 declarationsMinnehaha County17 declarationsBon Homme County16 declarationsCorson County16 declarationsCuster County16 declarationsDewey County16 declarationsHaakon County16 declarationsHughes County16 declarationsLyman County16 declarationsPotter County16 declarationsSully County16 declarationsYankton County16 declarationsCampbell County15 declarationsDavison County15 declarationsFall River County15 declarationsHarding County15 declarationsJones County15 declarationsBennett County14 declarationsHyde County14 declarationsMellette County14 declarationsStanley County14 declarationsTodd County13 declarationsWalworth County12 declarations
Recent declarations

Latest county-level events

FireMar 2026Custer County

QURY FIRE

FM-5622-SD · Mar 12, 2026
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this state

FEMA disaster context for South Dakota

South Dakota has 1,235 county-level FEMA disaster declarations spread across 65 counties. The most common declaration type is severe storm. Across all counties, FEMA datasets track $451.6M in combined public and individual assistance obligations.

The counties with the heaviest disaster history are Turner County (26 declarations), Hanson County (25), and Day County (24). Each county page breaks down the timeline, hazard mix, spending categories, and flood insurance signals for that specific area.

Declaration counts reflect how often FEMA formally declared a disaster or emergency affecting a county — not the total number of natural events. A single hurricane can generate declarations across dozens of counties and multiple states. The county pages linked above show the per-county detail behind these state-level totals.