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Biological history in South Dakota

South Dakota has 129 county-level biological declarations across 65 counties. Aurora County leads with 2 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for biological events in this state: $48.3M.

This page shows every South Dakota county in South Dakota that has at least one FEMA biological declaration on record, ranked by how many times that hazard type triggered federal aid. Counties near the top of this list have recurring exposure to biological events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of biological declarations across all states, see the biological disaster type page. For all hazard types in South Dakota, see the South Dakota state page.

Biological in South Dakota

Counties ranked by biological declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Aurora County2$27K
2Beadle County2$107K
3Bennett County2$17K
4Bon Homme County2$58K
5Brookings County2$143K
6Brown County2$960K
7Brule County2$86K
8Buffalo County2$9K
9Butte County2$44K
10Campbell County2$0
11Charles Mix County2$26K
12Clark County2$0
13Clay County2$31K
14Codington County2$254K
15Corson County2$0
16Custer County2$29K
17Davison County2$908K
18Day County2$103K
19Deuel County2$12K
20Dewey County2$0
21Douglas County2$64K
22Edmunds County2$36K
23Fall River County2$37K
24Faulk County2$36K
25Grant County2$159K
26Gregory County2$86K
27Haakon County2$33K
28Hamlin County2$88K
29Hand County2$37K
30Hanson County2$0
31Harding County2$0
32Hughes County2$2.2M
33Hutchinson County2$124K
34Hyde County2$18K
35Jackson County2$18K
36Jerauld County2$46K
37Jones County2$0
38Lake County2$128K
39Lawrence County2$93K
40Lincoln County2$519K
41Lyman County2$9K
42Marshall County2$4K
43McCook County2$41K
44McPherson County2$22K
45Meade County2$145K
46Mellette County2$0
47Miner County2$14K
48Minnehaha County2$27.7M
49Moody County2$66K
50Pennington County2$12.2M
51Perkins County2$17K
52Potter County2$7K
53Roberts County2$118K
54Sanborn County2$9K
55Spink County2$140K
56Stanley County2$24K
57Sully County2$0
58Todd County2$0
59Tripp County2$23K
60Turner County2$177K
61Union County2$40K
62Walworth County2$69K
63Yankton County2$1.0M
64Ziebach County2$0
65Kingsbury County1$18K