Home / South Dakota / Hanson County / DR-4440-SD
Disaster detail

SEVERE WINTER STORM, SNOWSTORM, AND FLOODING

DR-4440-SD affected Hanson County, South Dakota. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Flood
DR-4440-SD
Declared
Jun 7, 2019
DR
Public assistance
$795K
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Roads and Bridges$765K
Utilities$14K
Emergency Protective Measures$9K
Management Costs$7K
Total PA obligated$795K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$0
Renter-approved dollars$0
Intake IHP dollars$0
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations0
About this declaration

What DR-4440-SD means

DR-4440-SD is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Hanson County, South Dakota, with an incident window starting Mar 13, 2019 through Apr 26, 2019. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as flood.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Hanson County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.