Natural hazards · Scobey

Scobey, MT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scobey comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very 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 Scobey?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scobey to be higher than in 1% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves60%Inland flooding27%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Scobey faces

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

Cold waves

60% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% 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 Scobey flood?

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

Disasters that hit Scobey

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScobeyDeclared for Daniels County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $44K to the City of Scobey for repairs

Daniels County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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