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Drought history in South Dakota

South Dakota has 60 county-level drought declarations across 60 counties. Aurora County leads with 1 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for drought events in this state: $0.

This page shows every South Dakota county in South Dakota that has at least one FEMA drought 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 drought events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

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

Drought in South Dakota

Counties ranked by drought declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Aurora County1$0
2Beadle County1$0
3Bennett County1$0
4Bon Homme County1$0
5Brookings County1$0
6Brown County1$0
7Brule County1$0
8Buffalo County1$0
9Campbell County1$0
10Charles Mix County1$0
11Clark County1$0
12Clay County1$0
13Codington County1$0
14Corson County1$0
15Davison County1$0
16Day County1$0
17Deuel County1$0
18Dewey County1$0
19Douglas County1$0
20Edmunds County1$0
21Faulk County1$0
22Grant County1$0
23Gregory County1$0
24Haakon County1$0
25Hamlin County1$0
26Hand County1$0
27Hanson County1$0
28Hughes County1$0
29Hutchinson County1$0
30Hyde County1$0
31Jackson County1$0
32Jerauld County1$0
33Jones County1$0
34Kingsbury County1$0
35Lake County1$0
36Lincoln County1$0
37Lyman County1$0
38Marshall County1$0
39McCook County1$0
40McPherson County1$0
41Meade County1$0
42Mellette County1$0
43Miner County1$0
44Minnehaha County1$0
45Moody County1$0
46Pennington County1$0
47Perkins County1$0
48Potter County1$0
49Roberts County1$0
50Sanborn County1$0
51Spink County1$0
52Stanley County1$0
53Sully County1$0
54Todd County1$0
55Tripp County1$0
56Turner County1$0
57Union County1$0
58Walworth County1$0
59Yankton County1$0
60Ziebach County1$0