Natural hazards · Jordan

Jordan, MT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jordan comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2026. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jordan?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jordan to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves34%Inland flooding33%Wildfire15%Strong wind6%Lightning6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Jordan faces

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

Cold waves

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

15% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesDroughtAvalanches

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 Jordan flood?

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

3paid claims since 2026

$105Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20262026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Garfield County.

Disasters that hit Jordan

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JordanDeclared for Garfield County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Garfield County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Jordan 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 Jordan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Jordan. 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.