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Severe Storm history in South Dakota

South Dakota has 510 county-level severe storm declarations across 65 counties. Perkins County leads with 12 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for severe storm events in this state: $194.1M.

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

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

Severe Storm in South Dakota

Counties ranked by severe storm declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Perkins County12$30.9M
2Turner County12$418K
3Day County11$2.4M
4Hutchinson County11$2.1M
5Jackson County11$191K
6Kingsbury County11$925K
7Ziebach County11$512K
8Butte County10$3.6M
9Deuel County10$2.4M
10Gregory County10$1.9M
11McCook County10$1.2M
12Roberts County10$1.0M
13Spink County10$1.6M
14Aurora County9$1.1M
15Brookings County9$1.8M
16Brule County9$319K
17Codington County9$3.0M
18Corson County9$308K
19Grant County9$2.3M
20Hanson County9$2.0M
21Harding County9$72K
22Marshall County9$853K
23Meade County9$2.6M
24Miner County9$638K
25Minnehaha County9$11.0M
26Moody County9$4.7M
27Beadle County8$4.5M
28Clark County8$461K
29Dewey County8$14.6M
30Douglas County8$546K
31Edmunds County8$22.3M
32Haakon County8$984K
33Hamlin County8$451K
34Hand County8$340K
35Jerauld County8$403K
36Lake County8$9.5M
37McPherson County8$146K
38Sanborn County8$553K
39Bon Homme County7$672K
40Brown County7$8.9M
41Buffalo County7$506K
42Campbell County7$223K
43Clay County7$301K
44Fall River County7$515K
45Hughes County7$2.4M
46Lincoln County7$1.6M
47Tripp County7$684K
48Union County7$963K
49Yankton County7$633K
50Charles Mix County6$3.2M
51Davison County6$9.6M
52Jones County6$2.4M
53Lawrence County6$9.4M
54Pennington County6$8.9M
55Stanley County6$144K
56Sully County6$4K
57Faulk County5$30K
58Lyman County5$530K
59Mellette County5$33K
60Potter County5$56K
61Bennett County4$48K
62Custer County4$2.0M
63Hyde County4$0
64Todd County4$441K
65Walworth County3$5.5M