La Prairie TownshipSD
A town of 56.
Is La Prairie Township a good place to live?
La Prairie Township’s January low is 3°F, below both the South Dakota town median (9°F) and the median of U.S. towns (22°F). La Prairie Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
56 people, and everyone knows the way
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Moving to La Prairie Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in La Prairie Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in La Prairie Township.
La Prairie Township has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Among 36 South Dakota towns, just 2 have a lower FEMA hazard score than La Prairie Township. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 47% come from inland flooding and 26% from cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is La Prairie Township’s year
Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 3°; snowfall runs to about 34 inches a winter. Expect cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers in La Prairie Township, with very little rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy La Prairie Township is
31% of adults sleep under 7 hours in La Prairie Township, close to South Dakota’s towns (30%) and below U.S. towns (36%). The town tracks South Dakota closely on all 26 CDC measures. In La Prairie Township, just over a fifth of adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| La Prairie Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 19% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 22% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 2.3% of La Prairie Township
35 miles of trail. La Prairie Township’s concentration of trails is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| La Prairie Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 3.3% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about La Prairie Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of La Prairie Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 La Prairie Township residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across South Dakota.
Questions about La Prairie Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is La Prairie Township, SD a good place to live?
La Prairie Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.