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Hand County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19972020 · 34th highest paid in South Dakota

Claims
8
Total paid
$122K
Average / claim
$15K
Building / contents
$110K / $12K

Paid by decade

1990s$45K · 2 claims
2010s$77K · 4 claims
2020s$91 · 2 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2011$76K3 claims
1997$45K2 claims
2019$1K1 claims
2020$912 claims

Full disaster history for Hand County

Most-paid counties in South Dakota

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Redacted Claims v3 (OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3, retrieved 2026-09) — dollars actually paid on closed claims, summed from individual claim transactions. This is a record of the past. It is not a flood-risk forecast, an insurance rating, or a judgment about any specific property. For current risk see FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and National Risk Index.