# Counties in South Dakota by expected annual loss from natural hazards (FEMA National Risk Index), 2025

All 66 values come from Federal Emergency Management Agency for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nri_expected_annual_loss`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Average loss in US dollars that FEMA expects a US state or county to suffer each year from 18 natural hazards, adding building value, agriculture value and lives lost or injuries valued in dollars, from the National Risk Index. FEMA modelled it from historical hazard frequency, exposure and loss ratios.
- Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Risk Index Counties and States, Expected Annual Loss Total Composite (EAL_VALT) (https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/fema
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Risk Index Dataset: National Risk Index Counties and States, Expected Annual Loss Total Composite (EAL_VALT). https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355. Retrieved 2026-10-12. This product uses the FEMA National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/expected-annual-loss-natural-hazards/south-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Minnehaha County | 103,747,454 |
| 2 | Lincoln County | 41,673,597 |
| 3 | Pennington County | 40,777,153 |
| 4 | Brown County | 36,624,300 |
| 5 | Codington County | 24,897,836 |
| 6 | Brookings County | 23,774,636 |
| 7 | Dewey County | 22,094,889 |
| 8 | Meade County | 21,685,364 |
| 9 | McCook County | 21,384,463 |
| 10 | Yankton County | 19,351,008 |
| 11 | Brule County | 19,174,601 |
| 12 | Hutchinson County | 18,759,447 |
| 13 | Beadle County | 16,363,196 |
| 14 | Union County | 16,323,831 |
| 15 | Lawrence County | 16,145,780 |
| 16 | Davison County | 13,248,355 |
| 17 | Charles Mix County | 13,212,580 |
| 18 | Lake County | 11,715,841 |
| 19 | Clay County | 11,645,828 |
| 20 | Grant County | 10,730,605 |
| 21 | Turner County | 10,665,268 |
| 22 | Walworth County | 10,229,994 |
| 23 | Hughes County | 9,908,721 |
| 24 | Spink County | 9,686,757 |
| 25 | Moody County | 8,820,277 |
| 26 | Custer County | 8,771,962 |
| 27 | Roberts County | 8,621,557 |
| 28 | Oglala Lakota County | 8,518,651 |
| 29 | Tripp County | 8,270,419 |
| 30 | Aurora County | 8,139,911 |
| 31 | Butte County | 8,119,581 |
| 32 | Gregory County | 7,468,697 |
| 33 | Bon Homme County | 7,232,116 |
| 34 | Day County | 7,173,820 |
| 35 | Corson County | 7,106,215 |
| 36 | Hamlin County | 6,988,490 |
| 37 | Fall River County | 6,763,529 |
| 38 | Kingsbury County | 6,678,860 |
| 39 | Todd County | 6,203,887 |
| 40 | Marshall County | 6,034,687 |
| 41 | Douglas County | 5,999,275 |
| 42 | Lyman County | 5,929,349 |
| 43 | Deuel County | 5,488,647 |
| 44 | Potter County | 5,374,603 |
| 45 | Edmunds County | 5,329,202 |
| 46 | Sully County | 5,214,765 |
| 47 | Miner County | 4,688,746 |
| 48 | Ziebach County | 4,521,513 |
| 49 | Hand County | 4,401,815 |
| 50 | Campbell County | 4,301,559 |
| 51 | Haakon County | 4,293,848 |
| 52 | Stanley County | 4,286,700 |
| 53 | Jerauld County | 4,256,351 |
| 54 | Hanson County | 4,255,025 |
| 55 | Buffalo County | 4,242,488 |
| 56 | Clark County | 4,229,502 |
| 57 | Sanborn County | 3,839,289 |
| 58 | McPherson County | 3,681,690 |
| 59 | Perkins County | 3,142,491 |
| 60 | Faulk County | 2,744,442 |
| 61 | Hyde County | 2,659,157 |
| 62 | Jackson County | 2,607,724 |
| 63 | Harding County | 2,269,240 |
| 64 | Jones County | 2,095,633 |
| 65 | Bennett County | 1,890,462 |
| 66 | Mellette County | 1,863,514 |