Natural hazards · Canistota

Canistota, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Canistota comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Canistota?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canistota to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding63%Tornadoes17%Drought5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Canistota faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Canistota flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Canistota isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: McCook County.

Disasters that hit Canistota

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CanistotaDeclared for McCook County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$43K to the City of Canistota for repairs

McCook County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Canistota 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 Canistota’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Canistota. 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.