Flood map coverage in South Dakota
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 2,195 FIRM panels for South Dakota from 39 digital flood map databases, reaching 40 of its 66 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.
2,195FIRM panels
49%took effect before September 29, 2016
2025-10-02newest panel (46101C0400D)
97LOMRs in effect
What to expect from lookups here
- 26 counties have no digital FIRM in the NFHL (listed below). Points there come back
"mapped": false. - 1 of the maps are community-numbered, so parts of the counties they sit in may have no digital map.
- The map that has gone longest without a new panel is Aurora County (46003C), last revised 2003-11-19.
A real lookup in South Dakota
The point is the Census internal point of Moody County, the county with South Dakota's most recently effective FIRM panel. FEMA's map puts it in zone X (area of minimal flood hazard). Recorded September 29, 2026.
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
-d lat=44.01243 -d lon=-96.67605{
"query": {
"lat": 44.01243,
"lon": -96.67605
},
"location": {
"lat": 44.01243,
"lon": -96.67605,
"geocoder": null,
"precision": "input_coordinates",
"matched_address": null,
"candidates": null,
"county": null,
"county_fips": null,
"state": null
},
"flood_zone": {
"mapped": true,
"zone": "X",
"subtype": "AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD",
"description": "Area of minimal flood hazard. Outside the Special Flood Hazard Area.",
"sfha": false,
"static_bfe": null,
"depth": null,
"dfirm_id": "46101C",
"polygon_id": "46101C_2396",
"at_zone_boundary": false,
"other_zones": []
},
"firm_panel": {
"panel": "46101C0193D",
"effective_date": "2025-10-02",
"panel_type": "Countywide, Panel Printed",
"dfirm_id": "46101C",
"other_panels": []
},
"source": {
"dataset": "FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL)",
"service": "https://hazards.fema.gov/arcgis/rest/services/public/NFHL/MapServer",
"layers": [
{
"id": 28,
"name": "Flood Hazard Zones"
},
{
"id": 3,
"name": "FIRM Panels"
}
],
"query_point": {
"lat": 44.01243,
"lon": -96.67605
},
"queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:37:58Z",
"cached": true,
"cache_ttl_seconds": 86400
},
"notice": "Informational. This is the zone shown on FEMA's effective flood map (NFHL) at this point. It is not a Standard Flood Hazard Determination (FEMA Form 086-0-32), a prediction of flood risk, or an insurance quote, and it does not reflect a Letter of Map Amendment issued for a single structure."
}Every digital flood map in South Dakota
| Map | DFIRM ID | ID type | Panels | Newest panel | Oldest panel | Over 10 years old | LOMRs in effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora County | 46003C | County | 27 | 2003-11-19 | 2003-11-19 | 27 | 1 |
| Beadle County | 46005C | County | 105 | 2025-02-28 | 2025-02-28 | 0 | 0 |
| Brookings County | 46011C | County | 53 | 2025-04-23 | 2008-07-16 | 1 | 0 |
| Brown County | 46013C | County | 68 | 2010-09-29 | 2008-03-18 | 68 | 3 |
| Butte County | 46019C | County | 65 | 2012-01-06 | 2012-01-06 | 65 | 0 |
| Charles Mix County | 46023C | County | 37 | 2004-06-02 | 2004-06-02 | 37 | 1 |
| Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe | 461203 | Community-numbered | 129 | 2004-05-03 | 2004-05-03 | 129 | 0 |
| Clark County | 46025C | County | 37 | 2024-01-11 | 2024-01-11 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay County | 46027C | County | 25 | 2020-12-30 | 2020-12-30 | 0 | 0 |
| Codington County | 46029C | County | 40 | 2009-01-16 | 2009-01-16 | 40 | 4 |
| Corson County | 46031C | County | 79 | 2004-05-17 | 2004-05-17 | 79 | 0 |
| Custer County | 46033C | County | 49 | 2012-01-06 | 2012-01-06 | 49 | 6 |
| Davison County | 46035C | County | 46 | 2025-05-06 | 2010-09-29 | 1 | 0 |
| Day County | 46037C | County | 45 | 2024-03-13 | 2024-03-13 | 0 | 0 |
| Deuel County | 46039C | County | 46 | 2022-09-01 | 2022-09-01 | 0 | 2 |
| Fall River County | 46047C | County | 45 | 2007-12-18 | 2007-12-18 | 45 | 1 |
| Grant County | 46051C | County | 40 | 2024-03-27 | 2009-11-04 | 1 | 0 |
| Hamlin County | 46057C | County | 23 | 2024-09-12 | 2024-09-12 | 0 | 0 |
| Hanson County | 46061C | County | 67 | 2024-08-14 | 2009-09-02 | 5 | 0 |
| Hughes County | 46065C | County | 42 | 2004-05-17 | 2004-05-17 | 42 | 1 |
| Hutchinson County | 46067C | County | 66 | 2024-05-08 | 2009-09-02 | 7 | 0 |
| Kingsbury County | 46077C | County | 27 | 2024-05-22 | 2024-05-22 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake County | 46079C | County | 32 | 2024-11-21 | 2024-11-21 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence County | 46081C | County | 36 | 2012-04-17 | 2012-04-17 | 36 | 21 |
| Lincoln County | 46083C | County | 52 | 2017-10-05 | 2008-04-02 | 47 | 13 |
| Marshall County | 46091C | County | 38 | 2023-12-21 | 2023-12-21 | 0 | 0 |
| McCook County | 46087C | County | 43 | 2025-03-11 | 2025-03-11 | 0 | 0 |
| Meade County | 46093C | County | 95 | 2011-09-16 | 2011-09-16 | 95 | 6 |
| Miner County | 46097C | County | 45 | 2024-06-06 | 2024-06-06 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnehaha County | 46099C | County | 88 | 2017-10-05 | 2009-09-02 | 66 | 16 |
| Moody County | 46101C | County | 39 | 2025-10-02 | 2025-10-02 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennington County | 46103C | County | 165 | 2013-06-03 | 2013-06-03 | 165 | 20 |
| Roberts County | 46109C | County | 49 | 2024-04-25 | 2024-04-25 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanborn County | 46111C | County | 43 | 2024-08-28 | 2024-08-28 | 0 | 0 |
| Spink County | 46115C | County | 93 | 2025-03-25 | 2025-03-25 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley County | 46117C | County | 59 | 2004-05-17 | 2004-05-17 | 59 | 1 |
| Turner County | 46125C | County | 36 | 2021-10-07 | 2021-10-07 | 0 | 0 |
| Union County | 46127C | County | 49 | 2021-01-15 | 2021-01-15 | 0 | 1 |
| Yankton County | 46135C | County | 72 | 2025-02-14 | 2010-07-06 | 2 | 0 |
Counties with no digital FIRM in the NFHL
No digital flood map in the NFHL links to these counties (Census county FIPS in brackets). Addresses here return "mapped": false; FEMA may still have paper maps for them.
- Bennett County (46007)
- Bon Homme County (46009)
- Brule County (46015)
- Buffalo County (46017)
- Campbell County (46021)
- Douglas County (46043)
- Edmunds County (46045)
- Faulk County (46049)
- Gregory County (46053)
- Haakon County (46055)
- Hand County (46059)
- Harding County (46063)
- Hyde County (46069)
- Jackson County (46071)
- Jerauld County (46073)
- Jones County (46075)
- Lyman County (46085)
- McPherson County (46089)
- Mellette County (46095)
- Oglala Lakota County (46102)
- Perkins County (46105)
- Potter County (46107)
- Sully County (46119)
- Todd County (46121)
- Tripp County (46123)
- Walworth County (46129)
Source: FEMA NFHL layers 1, 3 and 22 and the Census Bureau county gazetteer, computed September 29, 2026. All states ยท API reference