North Dakota

Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile

Billion-Dollar Events

$84.6B

Total Economic Impact

Counties

33.65

Avg Risk Score

Top Natural Hazards

Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 53 counties

Winter Weather

89.88 Avg Risk Score

Cold Wave

84.56 Avg Risk Score

Ice Storm

77.33 Avg Risk Score

Hail

65.64 Avg Risk Score

Wildfire

59.24 Avg Risk Score

Strong Wind

55.18 Avg Risk Score

Heat Wave

38.59 Avg Risk Score

Drought

38.33 Avg Risk Score

Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)

drought 6 events

$58.0B

severe-storm 4 events

$6.5B

flooding 3 events

$16.4B

winter-storm 1 events

$0.7B

wildfire 1 events

$3.0B

How disaster frequency and costs have changed over time

Counties with the highest overall risk scores based on FEMA NRI

Rank	County	Risk Score	Risk Rating	SVI Percentile
1	Cass	90.87	Relatively Moderate	24.9%
2	Grand Forks	82.91	Relatively Moderate	32.0%
3	Burleigh	77.66	Relatively Low	19.6%
4	Richland	76.9	Relatively Low	24.6%
5	Ward	75.63	Relatively Low	25.7%
6	Williams	71.78	Relatively Low	50.6%
7	Morton	70.06	Relatively Low	5.2%
8	Stutsman	65.73	Relatively Low	44.2%
9	Walsh	63.03	Relatively Low	33.9%
10	Rolette	62.49	Relatively Low	89.3%