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Natural hazards · Tripp

Tripp, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tripp 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 Tripp?

39
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tripp 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 Tripp 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 Tripp flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Tripp 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 Tripp

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TrippDeclared for Hutchinson County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $550 aid approved
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2005

Severe Winter Storm

$8K to the City of Tripp 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. Tripp 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 Tripp’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tripp. 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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