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Best Disaster Risk Counties in South Dakota

FEMA National Risk Index — flood, fire, tornado, and more Compare rankings across all 66 counties.

Average Disaster Risk Score
73/100
Top County
Jones County
Counties Ranked
66

Top 10

#1
Jones County
SD
99/100
#2
Harding County
SD
99/100
#3
Perkins County
SD
97/100
#4
Miner County
SD
97/100
#5
Sanborn County
SD
97/100
#6
Campbell County
SD
96/100
#7
Clark County
SD
96/100
#8
Stanley County
SD
95/100
#9
Mellette County
SD
95/100
#10
Bennett County
SD
94/100

All South Dakota Counties Ranked

#CountyDisaster Risk ScoreOverall Score
1Jones County, SD
98.7
58.8
2Harding County, SD
98.5
74.8
3Perkins County, SD
97.4
66.3
4Miner County, SD
96.6
68
5Sanborn County, SD
96.5
61.6
6Campbell County, SD
95.6
62.9
7Clark County, SD
95.5
63
8Stanley County, SD
95
60.1
9Mellette County, SD
94.9
51.9
10Bennett County, SD
94.1
43
11Sully County, SD
93.7
70
12Hand County, SD
93.6
72.3
13Hyde County, SD
93.5
57.4
14Deuel County, SD
93.2
67.3
15Edmunds County, SD
93.1
62.8
16Kingsbury County, SD
92.2
66.5
17Faulk County, SD
92.1
68.8
18Jerauld County, SD
90.5
65.9
19Haakon County, SD
90.3
65.5
20Hamlin County, SD
90
57.1
21Potter County, SD
90
66.2
22Jackson County, SD
89.9
66.7
23Douglas County, SD
89.6
61.5
24Bon Homme County, SD
89.2
61.9
25McPherson County, SD
88.9
60.5
26Buffalo County, SD
86.3
65.9
27Marshall County, SD
85.6
64.5
28Hanson County, SD
85.2
62.2
29Gregory County, SD
83.9
61.9
30Custer County, SD
83.7
50.7
31Hughes County, SD
83.6
42.3
32Spink County, SD
82.4
58.6
33Grant County, SD
81.1
68.9
34Aurora County, SD
80.4
61.3
35Clay County, SD
79.6
37.1
36Butte County, SD
76.8
43.5
37Turner County, SD
76
59.3
38Ziebach County, SD
74.8
63.9
39Lyman County, SD
73.6
59.4
40Moody County, SD
73.1
50.5
41Day County, SD
72.4
60.5
42Fall River County, SD
69.1
46.6
43Lake County, SD
67.4
51
44Tripp County, SD
63.6
50.7
45Todd County, SD
63.4
50.5
46Union County, SD
62.9
51.5
47Roberts County, SD
62.2
52.8
48Corson County, SD
61.9
49
49Davison County, SD
60.8
43.3
50Walworth County, SD
60.5
50.6
51McCook County, SD
56.6
58.8
52Beadle County, SD
52.9
43.2
53Hutchinson County, SD
52.1
65.7
54Charles Mix County, SD
51.5
55.3
55Lawrence County, SD
50.7
43.9
56Meade County, SD
50.6
34.5
57Oglala Lakota County, SD
50.2
65.4
58Brookings County, SD
50
48.5
59Brule County, SD
41.3
46.4
60Codington County, SD
38.2
40.4
61Lincoln County, SD
37
34.4
62Yankton County, SD
36.7
42.9
63Brown County, SD
26.5
42.5
64Pennington County, SD
21.4
27.8
65Dewey County, SD
21.3
54.1
66Minnehaha County, SD
10.5
49.5

Data Source

Disaster Risk data from RiskByCounty. See full details at RiskByCounty. Data updated February 2026.