Natural Disasters in Northville, SD

Hazard risk, disaster history, and FEMA data

Natural Hazard Risk

Source: FEMA National Risk Index

Risk Score

17.7

Very Low

Expected Annual Loss

33.8

Score (0-100)

Social Vulnerability

10.6

Score (0-100)

Community Resilience

61.7

Score (0-100)

Top Hazard Risks

Hail70.5Cold Wave66.6Wildfire66.5

Hazard	Risk Score
Hail	70.5
Cold Wave	66.6
Wildfire	66.5
Winter Weather	63.3
Ice Storm	59.3
Drought	38.7
Tornado	34.0
Landslide	26.1
Heat Wave	21.9
Strong Wind	16.2
Earthquake	16.0
Lightning	8.1

Scores range from 0 (lowest risk) to 100 (highest risk) relative to all U.S. communities. Data from FEMA National Risk Index.

Disaster Declarations

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA

Total Declarations

Most Recent

Severe Storm

Aug 2022

Most Common Type

Severe Storm

9 declarations

Date	Type	Declaration
Aug 2, 2022	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORM, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
Apr 5, 2020	Biological	COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Mar 13, 2020	Biological	COVID-19
Jun 7, 2019	Flood	SEVERE WINTER STORM, SNOWSTORM, AND FLOODING
Aug 2, 2013	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
May 13, 2011	Flood	FLOODING
May 13, 2010	Flood	FLOODING
Jun 16, 2009	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
May 22, 2007	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
Dec 20, 2005	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Sep 10, 2005	Coastal Storm	HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION
Jul 22, 2005	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORM
May 17, 2001	Flood	SEVERE WINTER STORMS, FLOODING, AND ICE JAMS
Jun 1, 1998	Flood	FLOODING, SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES
Apr 7, 1997	Flood	SEVERE FLOODING, SEVER WINTER STORMS,HEAVY RAINS HIGH WINDS
Jan 10, 1997	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
Jan 5, 1996	Snowstorm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
May 26, 1995	Flood	FLOODING
Jun 21, 1994	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
Jul 19, 1993	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING

Showing 20 of 23 declarations

Flood Insurance (NFIP)

Source: FEMA NFIP

Total Claims

Total Claims Paid

$970,159

Avg Claim Payout

$13,110

County-level NFIP data from FEMA National Flood Insurance Program.

Disaster Recovery Spending

Source: FEMA Public Assistance

Total Federal Spending

$4,639,625

Disasters with PA

Total Projects

545

Disaster	Type	Projects	Federal $
DR-4440	Other	56	$1,643,224
DR-1915	Flood	105	$881,148
DR-1984	Flood	88	$735,634
DR-1702	Severe Storm(s)	145	$546,156
DR-1844	Severe Storm(s)	59	$500,443
DR-1375	Flood	81	$309,248
DR-4137	Severe Storm(s)	3	$11,434
DR-1596	Severe Storm(s)	2	$7,589
DR-1620	Severe Storm(s)	6	$4,747

Hazard Mitigation

Source: FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Mitigation Projects

Federal Funding

$974,274

Avg Benefit-Cost Ratio

0.83

BCR

Top Mitigation Project Types

Project Type	Projects	Federal $
400.1: Utility Protective Measures (Electric, Gas, etc.)	5	$836,712
91.1: Local Multihazard Mitigation Plan	2	$15,375
91.5: Local Multijurisdictional Multihazard Mitigation Plan - UPDATE	1	$11,250
600.1: Warning Systems (as a Component of a Planned, Adopted, and Exercised Risk Reduction Plan); 601.1: Generators	1	$96,181
601.1: Generators	1	$14,756

Federally funded projects to reduce future disaster risk. Only includes completed or obligated projects.

Northville has a very low overall natural hazard risk rating according to FEMA's National Risk Index. The top hazard risks are hail, cold wave, wildfire. The area has had 23 federal disaster declarations. The most common disaster type is severe storm (9 declarations). 74 flood insurance claims have been filed in the area. FEMA has obligated $4,639,625 in public assistance recovery funding. 11 hazard mitigation projects have been funded to reduce future risk.