Natural hazards · Brinsmade

Brinsmade, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brinsmade comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brinsmade?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brinsmade to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.

Cold waves55%Inland flooding12%Strong wind11%Hail8%Ice storms6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Brinsmade faces

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

Cold waves

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesWinter 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 Brinsmade flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Benson County.

Disasters that hit Brinsmade

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrinsmadeDeclared for Benson County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

$1K to the City of Brinsmade for repairs

Benson County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Brinsmade

Brinsmade and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brinsmademostly cold wavesLow

Rigginmostly cold wavesLow

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