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Natural hazards · Parkston

Parkston, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parkston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2008. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Parkston?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parkston to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding32%Drought23%Cold waves17%Tornadoes15%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Parkston faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

23% of expected damage
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years 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 Parkston flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Parkston, from FEMA’s records.

6paid claims since 2008
$41Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20082026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Parkston is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Hutchinson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone homes bought out and moved
1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Parkston

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParkstonDeclared for Hutchinson County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $88K aid approved $11K to the City of Parkston for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $16K aid approved $63K to the City of Parkston for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the City of Parkston for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2005

Severe Winter Storm

$14K to the City of Parkston for repairs
Hutchinson County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Parkston

Parkston and the towns around it

Susquehanna: Low, mostly droughtLiberty: Low, mostly droughtStarr: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKulm: Low, mostly droughtLincoln: Low, mostly cold wavesMilltown: Low, mostly droughtGerman: Low, mostly droughtCross Plains: Moderate, mostly inland floodingParkston: Moderate, mostly inland flooding ParkstonSusquehannaLiberty
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Parkstonmostly inland floodingModerate
Susquehannamostly droughtLow
Libertymostly droughtLow
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. Parkston 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 Parkston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Parkston. 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.

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