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Natural hazards · Beaver

Beaver, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beaver comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations
Expected damage

How exposed is Beaver?

29
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beaver to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding25%Drought23%Cold waves20%Tornadoes16%Hail7%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Beaver faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

23% of expected damage
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity
Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Beaver flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Beaver.

Disasters that hit Beaver

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Beaver itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Beaver.

Brought FEMA money into BeaverDeclared for Miner County only
2011

Flooding

$3K to the Township of Beaver for repairs
2010

Flooding

$21K to the Township of Beaver for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$11K to the Township of Beaver for repairs
Miner County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Beaver

Beaver and the towns around it

Ravenna: Moderate, mostly inland floodingClinton: Low, mostly inland floodingFairview: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRock Creek: Low, mostly inland floodingButler: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDiana: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlano: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMiner: Low, mostly inland floodingRoswell: Low, mostly inland floodingJasper: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpring Lake: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCanova: Low, mostly inland floodingBeaver: Low, mostly inland flooding BeaverRavennaClintonFairviewRock Creek
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Fairviewmostly inland floodingModerate
Ravennamostly inland floodingModerate
Beavermostly inland floodingLow
Clintonmostly inland floodingLow
Rock Creekmostly inland floodingLow
About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.
Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Beaver is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Beaver’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Beaver. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

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