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Lawrence County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782019 · 27th highest paid in South Dakota

Claims
38
Total paid
$277K
Average / claim
$7K
Building / contents
$270K / $7K

Paid by decade

1970s$644 · 5 claims
1980s$10K · 5 claims
1990s$15K · 11 claims
2000s$205K · 12 claims
2010s$47K · 5 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2008$205K12 claims
2013$32K2 claims
2019$12K2 claims
1982$10K4 claims
1996$6K1 claims

Full disaster history for Lawrence 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.