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Natural hazards · Abercrombie

Abercrombie, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Abercrombie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1998. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Abercrombie?

58
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Abercrombie to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding38%Cold waves35%Tornadoes8%Hail8%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Abercrombie faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

35% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Abercrombie flood?

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

1paid claims since 1998
$3Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19982026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Abercrombie isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Richland County.
Disasters that hit Abercrombie

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AbercrombieDeclared for Richland County only
2011

Flooding

$11K to the City of Abercrombie for repairs
2010

Flooding

$4K to the City of Abercrombie for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $28K to the City of Abercrombie for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$11K to the City of Abercrombie for repairs
Richland County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Abercrombie

Abercrombie and the towns around it

Abercrombie: Low, mostly cold wavesMcCauleyville: High, mostly inland floodingNansen: Low, mostly cold wavesEagle: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDwight: Low, mostly cold wavesIbsen: Low, mostly cold wavesColfax: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNordick: High, mostly inland floodingRoberts: High, mostly inland floodingAbercrombie: Moderate, mostly inland flooding AbercrombieAbercrombieMcCauleyville
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
McCauleyvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Abercrombiemostly inland floodingModerate
Abercrombiemostly cold wavesLow
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. Abercrombie 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 Abercrombie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Abercrombie. 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.

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