Natural hazards · Kyle

Kyle, SD natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kyle?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kyle to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires.

Wildfire63%Inland flooding11%Strong wind8%Cold waves8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Kyle faces

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

Wildfire

63% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Kyle flood?

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

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