Natural hazards · Boone

Boone, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boone comes from hail, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boone?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boone to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and cold waves.

Hail26%Cold waves24%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes10%Ice storms7%Winter weather6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Boone faces

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

Hail

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Winter weather

6% 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

Heat 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 Boone flood?

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

Disasters that hit Boone

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BooneDeclared for Sheridan County only

Sheridan County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Boone

Boone and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Crystal Lakemostly cold wavesLow

Boonemostly hailVery low

Sperry/Goodrichmostly hailVery low

Fairviewmostly hailVery low

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