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Argusville, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Argusville comes from strong winds, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1997. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Argusville?

47
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Argusville to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from strong winds and hail.

Strong wind34%Hail20%Cold waves19%Inland flooding18%Tornadoes6%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Argusville faces

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

Strong wind

34% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

Ice 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 Argusville flood?

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

5paid claims since 1997
$13Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19972026

Biggest named events

  • Severe flooding: 1 claim, $160

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Argusville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArgusvilleDeclared for Cass County only
2019

Flooding

$15K to the City of Argusville for repairs
2013

Flooding

$1K to the City of Argusville for repairs
2011

Flooding

$5K to the City of Argusville for repairs
2010

Flooding

$14K to the City of Argusville for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $34K aid approved $60K to the City of Argusville for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$4K to the City of Argusville for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding and Ground Saturation

$14K to the City of Argusville for repairs
Cass County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Argusville

Argusville and the towns around it

Berlin: Moderate, mostly strong windsHarwood: High, mostly inland floodingRaymond: High, mostly inland floodingRush River: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGardner: Moderate, mostly strong windsKragnes: Very high, mostly inland floodingHarwood: High, mostly inland floodingWiser: Moderate, mostly strong windsReed: High, mostly inland floodingFargo: Moderate, mostly inland floodingArgusville: Moderate, mostly strong winds ArgusvilleBerlinHarwood
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Harwoodmostly inland floodingHigh
Argusvillemostly strong windsModerate
Berlinmostly strong windsModerate
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. Argusville 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 Argusville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Argusville. 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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