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South Dakota
52
State score · Fair
376.6
Violent crime / 100k (moderate)
1546
NOAA hazard score · 2024
Top weather hazards in South Dakota
From NOAA Storm Events 2024. Helps you pack for what actually happens here.
- Thunderstorm Wind 501
- Hail 317
- High Wind 224
- Winter Weather 185
- Strong Wind 105
South Dakota parks ranked by safety
5 parks · sorted by Safety Index #1 79
Badlands National Park National Park Oglala Lakota County
#2 70
Jewel Cave National Monument National Monument Custer County
#3 70
Wind Cave National Park National Park Custer County
#4 61
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site National Historic Site Pennington County
#5 61
Mount Rushmore National Memorial National Memorial Pennington County
How this is calculated
Composite of violent-crime rate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer and weighted hazard frequency from NOAA Storm Events. Hazards (wildfires, floods, tornados, severe storms) carry 60% weight; crime carries 40%. County-level hazard data where available, state-level otherwise.