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Emery, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Emery comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Emery?

55
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding31%Tornadoes17%Drought16%Cold waves14%Hail8%Strong wind7%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Emery faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Emery flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Emery isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hanson County.
Disasters that hit Emery

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EmeryDeclared for Hanson County only
2022

Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$27K to the City of Emery for repairs
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

36 households applied for aid $80K aid approved $16K to the City of Emery for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
Hanson County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Emery

Emery and the towns around it

Pleasant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJefferson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTaylor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWayne: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEdgerton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEmery: Moderate, mostly inland flooding EmeryPleasant
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Emerymostly inland floodingModerate
Pleasantmostly 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. Emery 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 Emery’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Emery. 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.

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