Natural hazards · Akra

Akra, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Akra comes from inland flooding, 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 Akra?

24
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Akra to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding34%Cold waves31%Ice storms7%Hail5%Everything else23%
By hazard

What Akra faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

31% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesWinter 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 Akra flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Akra isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Pembina County.
Disasters that hit Akra

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into AkraDeclared for Pembina County only
Pembina County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Akra

Akra and the towns around it

Park: Low, mostly inland floodingBeaulieu: Low, mostly inland floodingCavalier: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAdvance: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLa Moure: Moderate, mostly inland floodingThingvalla: Low, mostly inland floodingLodema: Low, mostly inland floodingCanton City (Hensel): Low, mostly inland floodingCrystal: Low, mostly inland floodingSouth Olga: Very low, mostly cold wavesEast Alma: Very low, mostly cold wavesHamilton: High, mostly inland floodingFelson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSt. Joseph: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWalhalla: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Olga: Very low, mostly cold wavesAkra: Low, mostly inland flooding AkraParkBeaulieuCavalierAdvanceLa Moure
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cavaliermostly inland floodingModerate
Advancemostly inland floodingModerate
La Mouremostly inland floodingModerate
Akramostly inland floodingLow
Parkmostly inland floodingLow
Beaulieumostly inland floodingLow
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. Akra 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 Akra’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Akra. 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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