Natural hazards · Denton

Denton, MT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Denton comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Denton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Denton to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves49%Inland flooding37%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Denton faces

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

Cold waves

49% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Denton flood?

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

3paid claims since 1979

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fergus County.

Disasters that hit Denton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DentonDeclared for Fergus County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $12K to the Town of Denton for repairs

Fergus County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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