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Bottineau, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bottineau comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bottineau?

5
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bottineau to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves54%Inland flooding21%Winter weather8%Tornadoes5%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Bottineau faces

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

Cold waves

54% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Winter weather

8% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsHeat 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 Bottineau flood?

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

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BottineauDeclared for Bottineau County only
2011

Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K to the City of Bottineau for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

$31K to the City of Bottineau for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

$903 to the City of Bottineau for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$14K to the City of Bottineau for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding and Ground Saturation

$6K to the City of Bottineau for repairs
1999

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow, Ice, Ground Saturation, Lanslides, Mudslides, and Tor

$27K to the City of Bottineau for repairs
Bottineau County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Bottineau

Bottineau and the towns around it

Whitteron: Very low, mostly cold wavesPickering: Very low, mostly cold wavesCordelia: Very low, mostly cold wavesAmity: Very low, mostly cold wavesRoland: Very low, mostly cold wavesOak Valley: Very low, mostly cold wavesDalen: Very low, mostly cold wavesPeabody: Very low, mostly cold wavesBottineau: Very low, mostly cold waves BottineauWhitteronPickering
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Whitteronmostly cold wavesVery low
Pickeringmostly cold wavesVery low
Bottineaumostly cold wavesVery 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. Bottineau covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bottineau’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bottineau. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Bottineau total about $1.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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