Natural hazards · Ekalaka

Ekalaka, MT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ekalaka comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ekalaka?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ekalaka to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves37%Inland flooding36%Wildfire13%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Ekalaka faces

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

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

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 Ekalaka flood?

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

Disasters that hit Ekalaka

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EkalakaDeclared for Carter County only

2014

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$1K to the Town of Ekalaka for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

32 households applied for aid $57K aid approved $15K to the Town of Ekalaka for repairs

Carter County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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