Natural hazards · Barton

Barton, ND natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Cold waves52%Inland flooding18%Tornadoes6%Strong wind6%Winter weather5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Barton faces

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

Cold waves

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% 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 7 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 Barton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Barton 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 Barton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BartonDeclared for Pierce County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $15K 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. Barton 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 Barton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Barton. 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.