Natural hazards · Plevna

Plevna, MT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plevna comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Plevna?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Cold waves61%Inland flooding25%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Plevna faces

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

Cold waves

61% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 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 Plevna flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fallon County.

Disasters that hit Plevna

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlevnaDeclared for Fallon County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

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

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