Clay County, South Dakota

Name: Clay County, South Dakota FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Clay County recorded 12 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 10 major disasters, 2 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is flood.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Aug 2024

Most recent

$3.8M

Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Clay County runs between 2005 and 2024, covering 12 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often flood, severe storm, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $3.8 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

Highlighted: Clay County, SD

Federal Public Assistance by category

Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.

Category	Projects	Federal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)	98	$1,719,156
Utilities(F)	6	$879,613
Emergency protective measures(B)	23	$528,763
Debris removal(A)	11	$409,532
Parks and recreation(G)	6	$143,004
Water control facilities(D)	5	$105,896
Management costs(Z)	6	$14,245
All categories	155	$3,800,209

Most common hazards

Flood 5
Severe Storm 4
Biological 2
Coastal Storm 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Clay County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Flood	Aug 15, 2024	DR-4807-SD	DR
Severe Storm	Jun 29, 2022	DR-4656-SD	DR
Biological	Apr 5, 2020	DR-4527-SD	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3475-SD	EM
Flood	Jun 7, 2019	DR-4440-SD	DR
Flood	Jul 28, 2014	DR-4186-SD	DR
Flood	May 13, 2011	DR-1984-SD	DR
Severe Storm	Sep 23, 2010	DR-1938-SD	DR
Flood	May 13, 2010	DR-1915-SD	DR
Severe Storm	Mar 9, 2010	DR-1886-SD	DR
Severe Storm	Jul 9, 2008	DR-1774-SD	DR
Coastal Storm	Sep 10, 2005	EM-3234-SD	EM

Every declaration on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 12 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Aug 15, 2024	DR-4807-SD	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Jun 29, 2022	DR-4656-SD	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Apr 5, 2020	DR-4527-SD	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3475-SD	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Jun 7, 2019	DR-4440-SD	DR	Flood	Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, And Flooding
Jul 28, 2014	DR-4186-SD	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
May 13, 2011	DR-1984-SD	DR	Flood	Flooding
Sep 23, 2010	DR-1938-SD	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
May 13, 2010	DR-1915-SD	DR	Flood	Flooding
Mar 9, 2010	DR-1886-SD	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
Jul 9, 2008	DR-1774-SD	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Sep 10, 2005	EM-3234-SD	EM	Coastal Storm	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

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How these numbers are built

Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to South Dakota's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30); the in-progress year may appear in the most-recent list but is not counted in the totals. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.