Natural hazards · Glendale

Glendale, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glendale comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high 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 Glendale?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glendale to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves35%Inland flooding24%Wildfire12%Hail11%Drought8%Tornadoes6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Glendale faces

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

Cold waves

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Hail

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Glendale flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hand County.

Disasters that hit Glendale

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlendaleDeclared for Hand County only

2010

Flooding

$2K to the Township of Glendale for repairs

Hand County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Glendale

Glendale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Glendalemostly cold wavesHigh

Ohiomostly cold wavesHigh

Mondaminmostly cold wavesHigh

Rockdalemostly cold wavesHigh

Cedarmostly cold wavesHigh

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