Natural hazards · Dunkel

Dunkel, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dunkel comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dunkel?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dunkel 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 Dunkel 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 Dunkel flood?

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

Disasters that hit Dunkel

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Jones County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Dunkel itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into DunkelDeclared for Jones County only

Jones County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Dunkel

Dunkel and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Dunkelmostly inland floodingModerate

Zickrickmostly inland floodingModerate

Drapermostly inland floodingModerate

Williams Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

Buffalomostly inland floodingModerate

Mussmanmostly 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. Dunkel 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 Dunkel’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Dunkel. 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.