Natural hazards · Circle

Circle, MT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Circle 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 Circle?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Circle to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves50%Inland flooding25%Hail11%Strong wind7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Circle faces

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

Cold waves

50% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Circle flood?

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

Disasters that hit Circle

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CircleDeclared for McCone County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$81K to the Town of Circle for repairs

McCone County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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