Natural hazards · Dupree

Dupree, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dupree comes from cold waves, 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 Dupree?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dupree to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.

Cold waves70%Inland flooding14%Strong wind7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Dupree faces

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

Cold waves

70% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Dupree flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ziebach County.

Disasters that hit Dupree

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DupreeDeclared for Ziebach County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$7K to the City of Dupree for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$3K to the City of Dupree for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the City of Dupree for repairs

Ziebach County has had 18 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. Dupree 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 Dupree’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dupree. 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.