Natural hazards · Balta

Balta, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Balta comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very 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 Balta?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Balta to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves56%Inland flooding17%Tornadoes6%Strong wind6%Winter weather5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Balta faces

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

Cold waves

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Winter weather

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsHeat 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 Balta flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pierce County.

Disasters that hit Balta

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BaltaDeclared for Pierce County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Pierce County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Balta 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 Balta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Balta. 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.