Natural hazards · West Glendive

West Glendive, MT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Glendive comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Glendive?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Glendive to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.

Cold waves79%Inland flooding10%Everything else11%

By hazard

What West Glendive faces

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

Cold waves

79% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year 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 West Glendive flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dawson County.

Disasters that hit West Glendive

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Dawson County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching West Glendive itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into West GlendiveDeclared for Dawson County only

Dawson County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. West Glendive covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to West Glendive’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to West Glendive. 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 West Glendive total about $6.0M 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.