South Dakota

Natural Disaster Risk by County

Counties
66
All ranked by NRI score
State Avg. Score
26.8
Low risk
Total State EAL
$768M
Expected annual losses
Highest Risk
Minnehaha
Score 89.5 · Medium

County Rankings

#CountyRisk ScoreRisk RatingTop HazardAnn. Loss
1Minnehaha County
89.5
Medium Ice Storm$104M
2Dewey County
78.7
Low Cold Wave$22M
3Pennington County
78.6
Low Wildfire$41M
4Brown County
73.5
Low Winter Weather$37M
5Yankton County
63.4
Low Drought$19M
6Lincoln County
63.0
Low Winter Weather$42M
7Codington County
61.8
Low Ice Storm$25M
8Brule County
58.7
Low Cold Wave$19M
9Brookings County
50.1
Low Winter Weather$24M
10Oglala Lakota County
49.8
Low Wildfire$9M
11Meade County
49.5
Low Wildfire$22M
12Lawrence County
49.3
Low Wildfire$16M
13Charles Mix County
48.5
Low Cold Wave$13M
14Hutchinson County
47.9
Low Drought$19M
15Beadle County
47.1
Low Drought$16M
16McCook County
43.4
Low Winter Weather$21M
17Walworth County
39.5
Very Low Cold Wave$10M
18Davison County
39.2
Very Low Winter Weather$13M
19Corson County
38.1
Very Low Cold Wave$7M
20Roberts County
37.8
Very Low Winter Weather$9M
21Union County
37.1
Very Low Wildfire$16M
22Todd County
36.6
Very Low Wildfire$6M
23Tripp County
36.5
Very Low Cold Wave$8M
24Lake County
32.6
Very Low Winter Weather$12M
25Fall River County
30.9
Very Low Wildfire$7M
26Day County
27.6
Very Low Winter Weather$7M
27Moody County
26.9
Very Low Ice Storm$9M
28Lyman County
26.5
Very Low Cold Wave$6M
29Ziebach County
25.2
Very Low Cold Wave$5M
30Turner County
24.0
Very Low Drought$11M
31Butte County
23.3
Very Low Wildfire$8M
32Clay County
20.5
Very Low Drought$12M
33Aurora County
19.6
Very Low Ice Storm$8M
34Grant County
18.9
Very Low Cold Wave$11M
35Spink County
17.7
Very Low Hail$10M
36Hughes County
16.5
Very Low Wildfire$10M
37Custer County
16.3
Very Low Wildfire$9M
38Gregory County
16.2
Very Low Cold Wave$7M
39Hanson County
14.8
Very Low Drought$4M
40Marshall County
14.5
Very Low Winter Weather$6M
41Buffalo County
13.7
Very Low Cold Wave$4M
42McPherson County
11.1
Very Low Winter Weather$4M
43Bon Homme County
10.8
Very Low Drought$7M
44Douglas County
10.4
Very Low Drought$6M
45Jackson County
10.2
Very Low Wildfire$3M
46Hamlin County
10.0
Very Low Ice Storm$7M
47Potter County
10.0
Very Low Cold Wave$5M
48Haakon County
9.7
Very Low Wildfire$4M
49Jerauld County
9.5
Very Low Wildfire$4M
50Faulk County
8.0
Very Low Hail$3M
51Kingsbury County
7.9
Very Low Ice Storm$7M
52Edmunds County
7.0
Very Low Winter Weather$5M
53Deuel County
6.9
Very Low Wildfire$5M
54Hand County
6.5
Very Low Wildfire$4M
55Hyde County
6.5
Very Low Wildfire$3M
56Sully County
6.3
Very Low Wildfire$5M
57Bennett County
5.9
Very Low Wildfire$2M
58Mellette County
5.2
Very Low Wildfire$2M
59Stanley County
5.1
Very Low Wildfire$4M
60Clark County
4.5
Very Low Cold Wave$4M
61Campbell County
4.4
Very Low Wildfire$4M
62Sanborn County
3.6
Very Low Wildfire$4M
63Miner County
3.4
Very Low Drought$5M
64Perkins County
2.6
Very Low Wildfire$3M
65Harding County
1.5
Very Low Wildfire$2M
66Jones County
1.3
Very Low Wildfire$2M

All 66 South Dakota counties, ranked by FEMA National Risk Index score.