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Natural hazards · Bryant

Bryant, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bryant comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Bryant?

41
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bryant to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding38%Cold waves26%Tornadoes11%Strong wind8%Hail7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Bryant faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

26% 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 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Bryant flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bryant 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 Bryant

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BryantDeclared for Roberts County only
2011

Flooding

$9K to the Township of Bryant for repairs
2010

Flooding

$24K to the Township of Bryant for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Bryant for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$3K to the Township of Bryant for repairs
Roberts County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Bryant

Bryant and the towns around it

Folsom: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWindsor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHarmon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEaster: Moderate, mostly cold wavesGrant: Moderate, mostly cold wavesBrowns Valley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingArthur: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrowns Valley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBecker: High, mostly inland floodingWalls: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLake Valley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVictor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHart: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWhite Rock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGoodwill: Moderate, mostly cold wavesLawrence: Moderate, mostly cold wavesSisseton: High, mostly inland floodingBryant: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BryantFolsomWindsorHarmonEasterGrant
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Folsommostly inland floodingModerate
Windsormostly inland floodingModerate
Eastermostly cold wavesModerate
Grantmostly cold wavesModerate
Bryantmostly inland floodingModerate
Harmonmostly 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. Bryant 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 Bryant’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Bryant. 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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