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Plainview, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plainview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Plainview?

69
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plainview to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding44%Cold waves30%Tornadoes6%Hail5%Wildfire5%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Plainview faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

30% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

Ice 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 Plainview flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Plainview isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Tripp County.
Disasters that hit Plainview

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlainviewDeclared for Tripp County only
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Township of Plainview for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Township of Plainview for repairs
Tripp County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Plainview

Plainview and the towns around it

Pleasant Valley: High, mostly inland floodingSully: High, mostly inland floodingLamro: Moderate, mostly cold wavesColome: High, mostly inland floodingCondon: High, mostly inland floodingBrunson: High, mostly inland floodingBull Creek: High, mostly inland floodingIrwin: High, mostly inland floodingWinner: Moderate, mostly cold wavesWilson: High, mostly inland floodingBlack: Moderate, mostly cold wavesColome: High, mostly inland floodingPleasant View: High, mostly inland floodingPlainview: High, mostly inland flooding PlainviewPleasant ValleySullyLamroColome
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Plainviewmostly inland floodingHigh
Pleasant Valleymostly inland floodingHigh
Sullymostly inland floodingHigh
Colomemostly inland floodingHigh
Lamromostly cold wavesModerate
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. Plainview 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 Plainview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Plainview. 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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