Natural hazards · Irene

Irene, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Irene comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Irene?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Irene to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes27%Drought12%Cold waves11%Hail6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Irene faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 28 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Irene flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Turner County.

Disasters that hit Irene

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into IreneDeclared for Turner County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

Turner County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Irene

Irene and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Turkey Valleymostly inland floodingHigh

Starmostly inland floodingHigh

Marindahlmostly inland floodingHigh

Irenemostly inland floodingModerate

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