Natural hazards · Havre

Havre, MT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Havre comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 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 Havre?

30
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Havre to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves70%Inland flooding22%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Havre faces

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

Cold waves

70% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Havre flood?

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

5paid claims since 1978
$19Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Havre isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hill County.
Disasters that hit Havre

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HavreDeclared for Hill County only
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

128 households applied for aid $165K aid approved $4K to the City of Havre for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the City of Havre for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$894 to the City of Havre for repairs
Hill County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Havre

Havre and the towns around it

Havre North: Low, mostly cold wavesSaddle Butte: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Havre: Low, mostly cold wavesHerron: Low, mostly inland floodingHavre: Low, mostly cold waves HavreHavre NorthSaddle ButteWest Havre
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Saddle Buttemostly inland floodingLow
Havre Northmostly cold wavesLow
Havremostly cold wavesLow
West Havremostly cold wavesLow
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. Havre covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Havre’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Havre. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Havre total about $1.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

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