Natural hazards · Wanblee

Wanblee, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wanblee comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wanblee?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wanblee to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves27%Inland flooding25%Wildfire19%Strong wind9%Ice storms6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Wanblee faces

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

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

19% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Wanblee flood?

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

Disasters that hit Wanblee

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WanbleeDeclared for Jackson County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

Jackson County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Wanblee 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 Wanblee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wanblee. 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.