Natural hazards · Eagle Butte

Eagle Butte, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eagle Butte comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low 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 Eagle Butte?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eagle Butte to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.

Cold waves96%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Eagle Butte faces

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

Cold waves

96% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

Inland floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Eagle Butte flood?

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

Disasters that hit Eagle Butte

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Eagle ButteDeclared for Dewey County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Dewey County has had 14 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. Eagle Butte 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 Eagle Butte’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eagle Butte. 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.