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FEMAEM-3015-SDEmergencyDeclared June 17, 1976

EM-3015-SD: South Dakota Drought

FEMA made an emergency declaration for South Dakota (EM-3015-SD) on June 17, 1976 for the incident of June 17, 1976 to June 17, 1976; it covers 62 designated areas.

The declaration

Declaration
EM-3015-SD (also written FEMA-3015-EM)
Type
Emergency declaration
State
South Dakota
Incident
Drought: Drought
Incident period
June 17, 1976 to June 17, 1976
Declared
June 17, 1976
Programs declared
Public Assistance
FEMA region
8
Place in the year
the only emergency declaration for South Dakota in 1976
Status
closed out on February 23, 1979

Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). Data as of September 29, 2026.

Which areas are covered, and for what?

Designated areaIndividuals and HouseholdsPublic AssistanceHazard Mitigation
Aurora (County)—Yes—
Beadle (County)—Yes—
Bennett (County)—Yes—
Bon Homme (County)—Yes—
Brookings (County)—Yes—
Brown (County)—Yes—
Brule (County)—Yes—
Buffalo (County)—Yes—
Campbell (County)—Yes—
Charles Mix (County)—Yes—
Clark (County)—Yes—
Clay (County)—Yes—
Codington (County)—Yes—
Corson (County)—Yes—
Davison (County)—Yes—
Day (County)—Yes—
Deuel (County)—Yes—
Dewey (County)—Yes—
Douglas (County)—Yes—
Edmunds (County)—Yes—
Faulk (County)—Yes—
Grant (County)—Yes—
Gregory (County)—Yes—
Haakon (County)—Yes—
Hamlin (County)—Yes—
Hand (County)—Yes—
Hanson (County)—Yes—
Hughes (County)—Yes—
Hutchinson (County)—Yes—
Hyde (County)—Yes—
Jackson (County)—Yes—
Jerauld (County)—Yes—
Jones (County)—Yes—
Kingsbury (County)—Yes—
Lake (County)—Yes—
Lincoln (County)—Yes—
Lyman (County)—Yes—
Marshall (County)—Yes—
McCook (County)—Yes—
McPherson (County)—Yes—
Meade (County)—Yes—
Mellette (County)—Yes—
Miner (County)—Yes—
Minnehaha (County)—Yes—
Moody (County)—Yes—
Oglala Lakota (County)—Yes—
Pennington (County)—Yes—
Perkins (County)—Yes—
Potter (County)—Yes—
Roberts (County)—Yes—
Sanborn (County)—Yes—
Spink (County)—Yes—
Stanley (County)—Yes—
Sully (County)—Yes—
Todd (County)—Yes—
Tripp (County)—Yes—
Turner (County)—Yes—
Union (County)—Yes—
Walworth (County)—Yes—
West Washabaugh (Unorganized Territory of)—Yes—
Yankton (County)—Yes—
Ziebach (County)—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?

FEMA has published no assistance totals for this declaration.

Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2); FEMA, OpenFEMA FEMA Web Disaster Summaries (v1). Data as of September 29, 2026.

FEMA's page for this declaration

FEMA's own page for this declaration is fema.gov/disaster/3015. AreaZine is not FEMA and cannot answer questions about an application.