Natural hazards · Adrian

Adrian, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Adrian 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 Adrian?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Cold waves49%Strong wind15%Inland flooding12%Hail12%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Adrian faces

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

Cold waves

49% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Adrian flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: LaMoure County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Adrian

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AdrianDeclared for LaMoure County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $103K aid approved

LaMoure County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Adrian

Adrian and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mannsmostly cold wavesLow

Montpeliermostly cold wavesLow

Adrianmostly cold wavesLow

Russellmostly cold wavesLow

Kennisonmostly cold wavesLow

Saratogamostly 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. Adrian 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 Adrian’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Adrian. 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.