Natural hazards · Olivet

Olivet, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Olivet comes from drought, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Olivet?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Olivet to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought44%Inland flooding21%Tornadoes12%Cold waves10%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Olivet faces

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

Drought

44% of expected damage

Recorded about 27 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Olivet flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hutchinson County.

Disasters that hit Olivet

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OlivetDeclared for Hutchinson County only

2022

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

$5K to the Town of Olivet for repairs

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $25K aid approved $9K to the Town of Olivet for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $2K to the Town of Olivet for repairs

Hutchinson County has had 22 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. Olivet 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 Olivet’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Olivet. 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.