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Natural hazards · Becker

Becker, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Becker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Becker?

70
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Becker to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves24%Tornadoes11%Strong wind5%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Becker faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Becker flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Becker isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Roberts County.
Disasters that hit Becker

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeckerDeclared for Roberts County only
2023

Flooding

$41K to the Township of Becker for repairs
2010

Flooding

$20K to the Township of Becker for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Township of Becker for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$2K to the Township of Becker for repairs
Roberts County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Becker

Becker and the towns around it

Browns Valley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLawrence: Moderate, mostly cold wavesEaster: Moderate, mostly cold wavesFolsom: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLake: High, mostly inland floodingLee: High, mostly inland floodingBrowns Valley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingToqua: Moderate, mostly inland floodingArthur: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFoster: Moderate, mostly inland floodingParnell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAgency: Moderate, mostly cold wavesGoodwill: Moderate, mostly cold wavesBryant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGrant: Moderate, mostly cold wavesGeneseo: High, mostly inland floodingSpring Grove: Moderate, mostly cold wavesSpringdale: High, mostly inland floodingBecker: High, mostly inland flooding BeckerBrowns ValleyLawrenceEasterFolsomLakeLeeBrowns Valley
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Beckermostly inland floodingHigh
Lakemostly inland floodingHigh
Leemostly inland floodingHigh
Folsommostly inland floodingModerate
Browns Valleymostly inland floodingModerate
Lawrencemostly cold wavesModerate
Eastermostly cold wavesModerate
Browns Valleymostly inland floodingModerate
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. Becker 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 Becker’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Becker. 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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