Natural hazards · Lodge Grass

Lodge Grass, MT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lodge Grass comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lodge Grass?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lodge Grass to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Wildfire14%Cold waves14%Strong wind14%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Lodge Grass faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

14% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDroughtAvalanches

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 Lodge Grass flood?

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

9paid claims since 1978

$91Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Big Horn County.

Disasters that hit Lodge Grass

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lodge GrassDeclared for Big Horn County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

91 households applied for aid $291K aid approved $24K to the Town of Lodge Grass for repairs

Big Horn County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

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

Lodge Grass, MT natural hazards

How exposed is Lodge Grass?

What Lodge Grass faces

Inland flooding

Wildfire

Cold waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Lodge Grass flood?

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

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