Natural hazards · Broadus

Broadus, MT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Broadus comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Broadus?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Broadus to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding38%Wildfire36%Cold waves17%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Broadus faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

36% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Broadus flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Broadus, from FEMA’s records.

10paid claims since 1978

$34Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Powder River County.

Disasters that hit Broadus

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Broadus itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Broadus.

Brought FEMA money into BroadusDeclared for Powder River County only

2019

Flooding

$55K to the Town of Broadus for repairs

2012

Wildfire

$7K to the Town of Broadus for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Powder River County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

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. Broadus 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 Broadus’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Broadus. 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.

Broadus, MT natural hazards

How exposed is Broadus?

What Broadus faces

Inland flooding

Wildfire

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Broadus flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Flooding

Wildfire

Severe Storms and Flooding

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