Natural hazards · Draper

Draper, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Draper comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Draper?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Draper to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves17%Wildfire12%Strong wind7%Tornadoes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Draper faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Draper flood?

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

Disasters that hit Draper

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DraperDeclared for Jones County only

2022

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$6K to the Town of Draper for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$791 to the Town of Draper for repairs

Jones County has had 13 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. Draper 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 Draper’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Draper. 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.