Natural hazards · Black Eagle

Black Eagle, MT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Black Eagle comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Black Eagle?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Black Eagle to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves53%Inland flooding32%Winter weather5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Black Eagle faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Cold waves

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Winter weather

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 45 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Black Eagle flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Black Eagle.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Black Eagle isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Cascade County.

Disasters that hit Black Eagle

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Black Eagle itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Black Eagle.

Brought FEMA money into Black EagleDeclared for Cascade County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Cascade County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Black Eagle

Black Eagle and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Great Fallsmostly cold wavesModerate

Black Eaglemostly cold wavesVery low

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Black Eagle is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Black Eagle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Black Eagle. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.