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Flood history in South Dakota

South Dakota has 436 county-level flood declarations across 65 counties. Hanson County leads with 12 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for flood events in this state: $195.5M.

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

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

Flood in South Dakota

Counties ranked by flood declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Hanson County12$1.6M
2Turner County11$5.6M
3Codington County10$3.3M
4Sanborn County10$2.7M
5Aurora County9$2.8M
6Brown County9$6.7M
7Clark County9$2.6M
8Clay County9$3.6M
9Day County9$3.5M
10Deuel County9$1.2M
11Grant County9$1.2M
12Hamlin County9$2.4M
13Hand County9$2.3M
14Hutchinson County9$3.7M
15Kingsbury County9$2.3M
16Moody County9$5.6M
17Roberts County9$2.4M
18Spink County9$4.2M
19Union County9$34.3M
20Beadle County8$4.5M
21Buffalo County8$713K
22Edmunds County8$1.9M
23Faulk County8$1.2M
24Gregory County8$2.1M
25Jerauld County8$1.6M
26Lake County8$1.6M
27Marshall County8$2.2M
28Tripp County8$1.2M
29Brookings County7$1.1M
30Brule County7$1.8M
31Butte County7$435K
32Charles Mix County7$5.0M
33Lincoln County7$11.1M
34Lyman County7$773K
35McCook County7$1.8M
36Miner County7$996K
37Douglas County6$1.1M
38Hyde County6$454K
39Meade County6$406K
40Pennington County6$439K
41Potter County6$231K
42Sully County6$338K
43Yankton County6$7.4M
44Bon Homme County5$2.2M
45Davison County5$4.0M
46Hughes County5$25.7M
47Jackson County5$358K
48Lawrence County5$0
49McPherson County5$128K
50Minnehaha County5$6.9M
51Walworth County5$287K
52Bennett County4$384K
53Campbell County4$77K
54Custer County4$67K
55Jones County4$361K
56Mellette County4$235K
57Perkins County4$633K
58Todd County4$790K
59Ziebach County4$171K
60Dewey County3$2.5M
61Fall River County3$125K
62Haakon County3$236K
63Stanley County3$7.9M
64Corson County2$128K
65Harding County2$0