FEMADR-4527-SDMajor disasterDeclared April 5, 2020
DR-4527-SD: South Dakota Covid-19 Pandemic
FEMA made a major disaster declaration for South Dakota (DR-4527-SD) on April 5, 2020 for the incident of January 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023; it covers 194 designated areas. FEMA had approved $10.0 million for 1,387 households through the Individuals and Households Program (as of October 1, 2026) and obligated $39.7 million in Public Assistance (as of May 17, 2026).
The declaration
- Declaration
- DR-4527-SD (also written FEMA-4527-DR)
- Type
- Major disaster declaration
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident
- Biological: Covid-19 Pandemic
- Incident period
- January 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
- Declared
- April 5, 2020
- Programs declared
- Individuals and Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
- FEMA region
- 8
- Place in the year
- the only major disaster declaration for South Dakota in 2020
- Status
- open (not yet closed out by FEMA)
- Registration deadline (individual help)
- September 30, 2025
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). Data as of September 29, 2026.
Which areas are covered, and for what?
| Designated area | Individuals and Households | Public Assistance | Hazard Mitigation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albion (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Annin (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Antelope (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Applegate (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Appomattox (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Arena (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Artichoke (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Aurora (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Avon (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Avon Springs (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Banner (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Beadle (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Belvidere (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Bennett (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Big Buffalo (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Bon Homme (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bon Homme (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Bovine (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Bramhall (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Bretton (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Brookings (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Brown (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Brule (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Brule (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Buffalo (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Butte (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Campbell (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Canton (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Capa (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Carr (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Cattron (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Cedar Lake (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Charles Mix (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cheyenne River Indian Reservation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clark (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clay (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cleveland (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Codington (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Corson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cottonwood (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Cottonwood Valley (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Crow Creek Indian Reservation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cunningham (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Custer (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Davison (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Day (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deuel (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dewey (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Douglas (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Douglas (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Eagle (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Earling (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Eden (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Edmunds (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Edna (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Elida (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Elroy (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Emanuel (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Fairview (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Fall River (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Faulk (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fayette (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Firesteel (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Flandreau Indian Reservation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flint Rock (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Forest City (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Franklin (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Gettysburg (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Grand Valley (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Grandfield (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Grandview (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Grant (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gregory (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Grouse Creek (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Haakon (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hamlin (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hancock (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Hand (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hanson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Harding (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Harmony (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Harrison (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Harrold (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Highmore (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Hilmoe (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Holabird (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Hope (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Hoven (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Howell (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Hudgins (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Hughes (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hutchinson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hyde (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Independence (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Indian Creek (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Jackson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jackson (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Jefferson (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Jerauld (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jones (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kadoka (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Kennebec (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Kingsbury (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lafayette (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Lake (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lake Traverse (Sisseton) Indian Reservation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lawrence (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Liberty (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Lincoln (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lincoln (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Little Oak (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Logan (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Lowell (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Lower Brule Indian Reservation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lucas (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Lund (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Lyman (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Marshall (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mattison (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| McCook (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| McLaughlin (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| McPherson (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Meade (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mellette (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Miner (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Minnehaha (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Monroe (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Moody (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Murdo (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Navan (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| North Riverside (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Northern Cheyenne Reservation and Trust Lands (&MT) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Oakton (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Oglala Lakota (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Owattonna (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Pennington (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Peno (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Perkins (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pine Creek (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Pleasant Valley (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Pleasant View (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Potter (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pratt (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Pulaski (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Pure Water (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Randall (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Redelm (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Rhoades (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Riverside (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Roberts (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rosebud Indian Reservation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Roy (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Running Water (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Sanborn (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sanner (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Scotland (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Seim (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| South Forest City (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| South Riverside (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Spink (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spring (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Spring Lake (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Springfield (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stanley (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sully (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sylvia (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Table Mountain (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Tabor (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Thunder Hawk (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Todd (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tripp (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Turner (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Turtle Mountain Reservation and Trust Lands (& ND) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Twin (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Twin Butte (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Union (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Union (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Valley (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Van Metre (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Van Order (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Vessey (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Walker (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Walworth (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| War Creek (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Washington (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Webster (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| White River (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Whitney (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Willow (Township of) | Yes | — | Yes |
| Yankton (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Yankton Indian Reservation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ziebach (County) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
An area can be added to a declaration after the first day, or have a program added: this table is FEMA's current list.
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). Data as of September 29, 2026.
How much has FEMA approved?
1,387households approved for help (IHP)
$10.0 millionIndividuals and Households Program approved
$10.0 millionof it for other needs
$39.7 millionPublic Assistance obligated
$3.1 millionHazard Mitigation Grant Program obligated
Individual assistance figures as of October 1, 2026, public assistance as of May 17, 2026. FEMA updates both as applications are decided.
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2); FEMA, OpenFEMA FEMA Web Disaster Summaries (v1). Data as of September 29, 2026.
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). Data as of September 29, 2026.
FEMA's page for this declaration
FEMA's own page for this declaration is fema.gov/disaster/4527. AreaZine is not FEMA and cannot answer questions about an application. Registration for individual help closed on September 30, 2025.