Disaster relief · South Dakota

Disaster declarations and IRS tax relief in South Dakota

FEMA lists 6 federal disaster declarations for South Dakota since October 30, 2024 (5 major disasters, 1 fire management); 3 include FEMA individual assistance.

South DakotaChecked Oct 30, 2026

Disaster declarations and tax relief

The IRS has 1 open disaster notice for South Dakota, with federal tax deadlines postponed to February 1, 2027.

Latest FEMA declaration: DR-4941-SD (Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding), declared September 1, 2026.

6FEMA declarations since Oct 30, 2024

3with individual assistance

1open IRS notice

11counties in a declaration or IRS notice

Official notices, not advice. This page reports what FEMA and the IRS have published. Whether a postponed deadline or a FEMA program applies to you depends on where you live or do business and on your situation: check with the IRS or a tax professional, and apply for FEMA help only through DisasterAssistance.gov, FEMA's official site.

Open IRS tax relief in South Dakota

Notices whose postponed deadline has not passed yet (as of October 30, 2026).

Open SD-2026-05

Severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding: deadlines postponed to February 1, 2027

“These taxpayers now have until Feb. 1, 2027, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.”

“Following the disaster declaration issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), individuals and households that reside or have a business in the Oglala Sioux Tribe qualify for tax relief.”

The notice does not name the areas in a form we can match to counties automatically (for example a tribal area, a territory or a name we could not find in the Census list): read the official list in the IRS release.

The relief follows a FEMA disaster declaration. The new date has not passed yet (as of Oct 30, 2026). Read the IRS release SD-2026-05.

Earlier IRS notices for South Dakota

Notice	Deadline was	Counties
SD-2025-01 Severe storms and flooding	Feb 2, 2026	see notice

FEMA declarations in South Dakota

Every federal declaration since October 30, 2024, newest first. "Areas" is the number of counties and other areas FEMA designated.

Declaration	Type	Incident period	Declared	Programs	Areas
DR-4941-SD Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding	Major disaster Severe Storm	Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026	Sep 1, 2026	Individual aid: yes Public aid: yes Mitigation: no	1
DR-4938-SD Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Major disaster Severe Storm	Jun 28, 2026 – Jul 3, 2026	Sep 1, 2026	Individual aid: no Public aid: yes Mitigation: no	10
DR-4903-SD Straight-Line Winds	Major disaster Straight-Line Winds	Dec 17, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025	Apr 7, 2026	Individual aid: no Public aid: yes Mitigation: no	3
FM-5622-SD Qury Fire	Fire management Fire	Mar 12, 2026	Mar 13, 2026	Individual aid: no Public aid: yes Mitigation: no	1
DR-4890-SD Severe Storm and Flooding	Major disaster Flood	Jun 12, 2025 – Jun 16, 2025	Sep 11, 2025	Individual aid: yes Public aid: yes Mitigation: no	1
DR-4842-SD Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding	Major disaster Severe Storm	Jul 13, 2024 – Jul 14, 2024	Nov 1, 2024	Individual aid: yes Public aid: yes Mitigation: yes	1

All other counties with a declaration or IRS notice (11)

County	Declarations	Latest	Individual aid
Beadle County	1	DR-4938-SD	no
Bennett County	1	DR-4938-SD	no
Buffalo County	1	DR-4938-SD	no
Custer County	2	DR-4903-SD	no
Day County	1	DR-4938-SD	no
Fall River County	1	DR-4903-SD	no
Hand County	1	DR-4938-SD	no
Hughes County	1	DR-4938-SD	no
Hyde County	1	DR-4938-SD	no
Pennington County	1	DR-4903-SD	no
Stanley County	1	DR-4938-SD	no

These counties have no separate page: they have a declaration without individual assistance and no open IRS notice, or we found few searches about them.

Tribal and statewide areas in FEMA declarations

Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (DR-4842-SD) · Crow Creek Indian Reservation (DR-4938-SD) · Lake Traverse (Sisseton) Indian Reservation (DR-4890-SD) · Lower Brule Indian Reservation (DR-4938-SD) · Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation (DR-4941-SD)

Official links

DisasterAssistance.gov: FEMA's official site to apply for individual assistance or check an application.
IRS: Tax relief in disaster situations, the list of every IRS disaster notice, and the IRS FAQs for disaster victims.
IRS release SD-2026-05: Severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding

Flood insurance in South Dakota: NFIP home policies cost a median $1,161 a year (1,939 homes insured on August 31, 2026). Most homeowners policies do not cover flood damage. See flood insurance costs in South Dakota.