Natural Disasters in Wanblee, SD

Hazard risk, disaster history, and FEMA data

Natural Hazard Risk

Source: FEMA National Risk Index

Risk Score

10.2

Very Low

Expected Annual Loss

3.7

Score (0-100)

Social Vulnerability

99.7

Score (0-100)

Community Resilience

0.4

Score (0-100)

Top Hazard Risks

Wildfire85.5Ice Storm74.8Winter Weather69.1

Hazard	Risk Score
Wildfire	85.5
Ice Storm	74.8
Winter Weather	69.1
Cold Wave	53.3
Strong Wind	43.5
Hail	36.2
Drought	31.0
Landslide	30.5
Lightning	20.7
Heat Wave	20.2
Earthquake	19.5
Tornado	18.7

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

Flood

Aug 2024

Most Common Type

Severe Storm

10 declarations

Date	Type	Declaration
Aug 15, 2024	Flood	SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING
Feb 27, 2023	Winter Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND SNOWSTORM
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
Sep 23, 2019	Flood	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
Jun 7, 2019	Flood	SEVERE WINTER STORM, SNOWSTORM, AND FLOODING
Feb 1, 2017	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Jul 30, 2015	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING
Nov 8, 2013	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM, SNOWSTORM, AND FLOODING
May 13, 2011	Flood	FLOODING
Dec 12, 2008	Snowstorm	SEVERE WINTER STORM AND RECORD AND NEAR RECORD SNOW
Jul 9, 2008	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
May 22, 2008	Snowstorm	SEVERE WINTER STORM AND RECORD AND NEAR RECORD SNOW
May 22, 2007	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
Jun 5, 2006	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Sep 10, 2005	Coastal Storm	HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION
Jul 20, 2004	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
May 19, 2000	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES
Apr 7, 1997	Flood	SEVERE FLOODING, SEVER WINTER STORMS,HEAVY RAINS HIGH WINDS

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Individual Assistance

Source: FEMA Housing Assistance

Total IA Registrations

Total IA Distributed

$41,730

Repair/Replace

$15,206

Rental Assistance

$7,314

Disaster	Registrations	Total IA $	Avg Damage
DR-4237	73	$22,913	$672
DR-4440	17	$18,817	$1,365

Individual and household assistance for homeowners and renters affected by federally declared disasters.

Disaster Recovery Spending

Source: FEMA Public Assistance

Total Federal Spending

$497,772

Disasters with PA

Total Projects

Disaster	Type	Projects	Federal $
DR-4440	Other	8	$164,979
DR-4463	Flood	6	$129,506
DR-1702	Severe Storm(s)	16	$64,472
DR-1531	Severe Storm(s)	5	$50,392
DR-1774	Severe Storm(s)	22	$48,886
DR-4233	Severe Storm(s)	1	$13,034
DR-1984	Flood	1	$10,708
DR-4664	Severe Storm(s)	2	$8,000
DR-4689	Winter Storm	1	$7,795

Hazard Mitigation

Source: FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Mitigation Projects

Federal Funding

$50,508

Avg Benefit-Cost Ratio

0.00

BCR

Top Mitigation Project Types

Project Type	Projects	Federal $
91.1: Local Multihazard Mitigation Plan	3	$35,645
601.1: Generators	1	$1,738
91.5: Local Multijurisdictional Multihazard Mitigation Plan - UPDATE	1	$13,125

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

Wanblee has a very low overall natural hazard risk rating according to FEMA's National Risk Index. The top hazard risks are wildfire, ice storm, winter weather. The area has had 22 federal disaster declarations. The most common disaster type is severe storm (10 declarations). FEMA has obligated $497,772 in public assistance recovery funding. $41,730 has been distributed in individual assistance to disaster-affected residents. 5 hazard mitigation projects have been funded to reduce future risk.