Natural hazards · Highmore

Highmore, SD natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Highmore?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Highmore to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding42%Cold waves25%Wildfire18%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Highmore faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Wildfire

18% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Highmore flood?

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

Disasters that hit Highmore

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into HighmoreDeclared for Hyde County only

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

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