Natural hazards · Redfield

Redfield, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Redfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1997. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Redfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding40%Cold waves32%Tornadoes13%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Redfield faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Redfield flood?

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

8paid claims since 1997

$145Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19972026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Spink County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Redfield

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RedfieldDeclared for Spink County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$6K to the City of Redfield for repairs

2010

Flooding

$2K to the City of Redfield for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

177 households applied for aid $152K aid approved $16K to the City of Redfield for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storm

$375 to the City of Redfield for repairs

Spink County has had 21 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. Redfield 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 Redfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Redfield. 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.